Mystic Shadows | de

The Shadows sind eine britische Instrumental-Rockband, die mittlerweile seit nahezu 50 Jahren aktiv ist und vor allem in den 1960ern Erfolge zu verzeichnen hatte. Bandgeschichte 1958 wurde die Band in London unter dem Namen The Drifters als Begleitband für Cliff Richard gegründet. Auf Druck der amerikanischen Band gleichen Namens benannten sie sich 1959 in The Shadows um. Bandmitglieder sind Hank Marvin (Gitarre), Bruce Welch (Gitarre), Jet Harris (Bass) und Tony Meehan (Schlagzeug). Anfang der 1960er machten Harris und Meehan (erfolgreiche Titel: Diamonds, später dann Scarlett O'Hara) als Duo weiter und es übernahm Brian Bennett das Schlagzeug und am Bass spielten...

After having played together for a year and a half and released a 5-song demo, in a band with the name Allsherjar, Karg (vocals), Joel (drums), Linus (guitar), Joakim (keyboard) and Jörundr (bass) decided to take on an extra guitar player, consequently, Zharlie joined the band during Fall 2002, however, the music progressed and changed so drastically that a change of name felt necessary, thus the name Shadows of Paragon was embraced. Five songs were chosen and during Summer 2003 the recording of Shadows' first demo/EP began. The goal was to release the demo/EP at the metal festival Bobfest in...

"The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band" offers up an interesting mix of psych and what you'd call sunshine pop. I've seen a couple of reviews that compare the LP to The Yellow Balloon and the comparison' wasn't too far off, though Hoffman's affection for the sitar and Grass' production touches gave this a far more distinctive psych edge. Musically the collection was pretty much divided between the two genres, though Grass added interesting production touches to virtually every track - 'Early Dawn' shifted from great harmony rich pop to a weird phasing segment and then back again. At least to my...