Got to admit to some confusion here as on
Bandcamp "
Space Express"is credited to
/\ but when you delve deeper and take a look at the bands line-up they collectively go under the name of
Lambda. Things get further mixed up when you notice that they are refered to as
/\ / Lambda on their
Facebook page. So for the purposes of this review I will refer to them as
Lambda
Comprising of
Tomáš Zimmerman - guitar,
Václav Ruttkay - bass,
Filip Faschingbauer - guitar and
Matěj Kräussl - drums,
Lambda are from the
Czech Republic and deal in a style of music that I suppose could be described as post-stoner, a sound that sits somewhere between the experimental krautrock of
Colour Haze and the more guitar orientated psych of
Earthless. Blending these two styles together the band have created their own unique sound, a sound which is displayed to startling effect on this their debut EP "
Space Express".
The bedrock of
Lambda's sound is the heavy (but not brutal) rhythms created by the backline of
Ruttkay and
Kräussl whose sometimes tight hard rock, sometimes loose funky rhythm work lays a solid foundation on which the two guitarists can riff and solo to their hearts content.
Faschingbauer and
Zimmerman compliment each other perfectly whether it's laying down some funky wah or ripping a dirty fuzzed up riff both guitarists understand their place in the music, duelling but never trying to outdo each other, painting sonic portraits from their six string palettes.
"
Murder In The Zen Garden" is the only non-instrumental on "
Space Express" and includes a superb vocal from
Black Velvet Suicide's David Kaplin and includes the immortal line "Mother Nature... she created stoner rock"...... says it all really.
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