Sunburned Hand of the Man (indie, psychedelic, genre, album)

chumb · 06-04-2007, 02:00 PM

God told me to listen to these guys.

I see them get tagged "New Weird America" or "freak folk" sometimes, but I don't know how much I like those genres seeing as how they tell you next to nothing about the group's actual sound. Sunburned Hand of the Man are basically a jam band, but definitely not in the Phish tradition, closer to Amon Duul ... the first one. It sounds like about half of the people playing know how to play their instruments, and the other half are probably to busy tripping to really care. So you end up with open-ended tunes that go nowhere but approach nirvana, at moments, before ripping it up into noisy chaos. If you're in the mood for it, it's a lot of fun to listen to. Psychedelic, weird, noisy... what more could you ask for?

Plus, God wants you to listen to them.

06-04-2007, 02:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
chumb awamba Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 133	Sunburned Hand of the Man God told me to listen to these guys. I see them get tagged "New Weird America" or "freak folk" sometimes, but I don't know how much I like those genres seeing as how they tell you next to nothing about the group's actual sound. Sunburned Hand of the Man are basically a jam band, but definitely not in the Phish tradition, closer to Amon Duul ... the first one. It sounds like about half of the people playing know how to play their instruments, and the other half are probably to busy tripping to really care. So you end up with open-ended tunes that go nowhere but approach nirvana, at moments, before ripping it up into noisy chaos. If you're in the mood for it, it's a lot of fun to listen to. Psychedelic, weird, noisy... what more could you ask for? Plus, God wants you to listen to them. Last edited by chumb; 06-04-2007 at 02:01 PM. Reason: pic too **in big!