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1/07/2012

Darkhorse - Mannequin (2009)



/Fusion, Dark folk, Neofolk, Art rock, Improvised music, Dub rock, Psychedelic rock, Post-rock, Alternative rock/

Comment
: it is an intriguing and compelling album by Darkhorse, a musician out of Boston, Massachussets, USA. He uses (supposedly) a huge melting pot to to put into it murky dark folk/neofolk-tinged guitar strums, fusion/jazz guitar-based riffs and improvised streaming, some post-rock-alike glimpses, and slight psychedelic revs tightly surrounding all of that compound. The ending notch Paradigm Shifts functions as a progression on thrilling trip-hop beats. However, the favorite of mine is an enthralling blending of dub-inflected bass handling and psychedelia-soaked fusion guitars at Persephone reminding a little of Vanishing Point (1997, Creation) by Primal Scream. If you are searching for kindred souls you can draw parallels upon such artists as Darkwood, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Moses Luster, and Jeff Beck.