Psy-Fi

Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent

Enjoyable instrumental rock with a prog/psych/space influence.
I saw Ozric Tentacles at the 1993 Reading Festival, not knowing anything about them at the time but liking what I heard them play live at the festival.
I don't listen to them much but I've listened to several of their studio albums since seeing them live and none of those albums have ever come quite close to their live performance for my musical listening pleasure.
My first listen to the album had me ranking it a 6/10. Not bad, but (based on my previous experiences with their studio albums) I didn't think I'd rank it any higher or listen to it more than a couple of times.
I'm now into 8 or 9 listens and it's gone up to a an 8/10 for me. By far the most spins I've yet given to an album in this club.

The guitar at the beginning of the opening track reminded me of some of David Gilmour's guitar tone from "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, and they seemed like they were also giving bit of a nod to Hawkwind with the breif vocal bit on the first track.
The album is loaded with all sorts of musical ideas and the more I played it, the more I noticed. This album kept growing on me with each listen and though it hasn't been my highest rated album to date, (in the album club) I thought it certainly has been the most musically interesting album pick so far.
Excellent musicianship as well as production, lots of different musical syles and techniques on display, plenty to keep me interested and coming back for more.
Favorite tracks were; "The Domes Of G'bal", "Ayurvedic", and "Kick Muck."
Least interesting track was "Shaping the Pelm" which (compared to the rest) sounded like an uneccesary filler track of boring, New-Age Muzak.

A good album overall and an 8/10 from me.

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