Only Metal (and rock ;) Music Matters _________________________________________________________________________ Artist : Willow Ash Album : Hypnagogia Label : The Swamp Records Year : 2020 Genre : Psychedelic Rock Encoder : LAME Playtime : 54:25 Source : WEB Bitrate : 320 kbps Size : 132.2MB MB URL : Music Streaming Service _________________________________________________________________________ 1. Hypnagogia 0:43 2. A Witch's Window 5:37 3. Doom and Gloom in the Champagne Room 7:19 4. La Petite Mort 4:02 5. Drive to the Moon / Space Trashed! / Mars in a Classic Car 6:04 6. Baobab 9:16 7. Boneless 7:30 8. Paleo Contact Meditation 13:54 _________________________________________________________________________ Willow Ash have taken a sudden foray on this long player; entering into a 1970's inspired world of heavy blues/heavy psych resulting in this bright, almost jangly start to the concept album, slowly degrading as it plays out into earthen, sludge filled riffage. According to Google, Hypnagogia is stated as "The transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. It's the opposite of hypnopompia, which is the transitional state that occurs before you wake up. During hypnagogia, it's common to experience involuntary and imagined experiences. These are referred to as hypnagogic hallucinations." The album idea was conceptualized during the summer of 2020 when singer/guitarist Christopher Guest battled the phenomenon off and on for the majority of June and July. "It was awful" Guest is quoted as saying, "the hallucinations are ridiculous, almost silly at times but then they'll take this dark turn and it'll all at once become absolutely terrifying. No matter what, there is an immense feeling of fear or stress; like you know something isn't right but you can't stop what's happening."The feeling is there from the opening few seconds of the intro which symbolizes the confusion of Hypnagogia, the whirlwind of action fought off only by the alarm clock. The feeling of the record as a whole is a fake, manic happiness laid as a thin veil over top an ocean of dark, almost murderous intent, much like a carnival of horrors. https://willowash.bandcamp.com/ _________________________________________________________________________ ... while we wait for retail to arrive ...