Titan A Raining Sun Of Light And Love For You

Description

Brooklyn-based, semi-instrumental quartet Titan have been unleashing their unholy blend of neo-psychedelic rock and progressive stoner metal on homemade EPs (CD-R basement freakouts) forsome time now, so the arrival of a full-length studio album is a cause for celebration. LikeBoris,Comets on Fire, andBlue Cheer, Titan don’t concern themselves with genre boundaries. Heavilyimprovised cacophony can often become the audio equivalent of a traffic jam, but in the right handsit can transcend the endless line of cars and take the listener home by unforeseen paths. A RainingSun of Light and Love achieves this through the twisted hands and minds of its creators (these guyscan actually play), and once you get past theComus-inspired acoustic intro that’s oddlyreminiscent ofWeen’s “Squelch the Weasel,” the 45 minutes that follow traverse the annals of rockhistory like a roller coaster car with a grenade in it. FatELPorgan runs explode into heavySabbathriffing whileRush-inspired time signatures signal the arrival of “Careful with That Axe Eugene”-eraPink Floyd. Feedback washes over Tuvan throat singing, roadside noise morphs into crickets, andbluesy slide guitar and wall upon wall of distortion fall on each of the four tracks like a monsoon,signaling the arrival of one of the most promising metal acts of 2007. -James Christopher Monger

• Genre: Rock
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item’s shipment.**
• Released: 2/6/07
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Format Detail: LP, Gatefold Sleeve
• Format: Vinyl