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Drinking Flowers – Sanity Restored 1972 (2013) review

December 16, 2013

Drinking Flowers – Sanity Restored 1972 (2013) review

Drinking Flowers “Sanity Restored 1972” (Lolipop/Secret
People, 2013)
No, it’s not some long lost artifact from the transitional
period when psychedelia grew more progressive. This L.A. quintet brings a
three-guitar attack to their six-track debut EP, going truly old school by only
issuing 300 of them (on an orange cassette tape, no less – see image! Act fast,
as there were less than 50 at the time I wrote this review.) The title track is
a droning fuzz buzz, a la Loop, My Bloody Valentine, and the Velvets, featuring
suitably Reed-like bored vocals. Sadly, they’re buried in the mix so I’m afraid
I can’t tell you what happened in 1972 to restore their sanity. “Hide It…” is a
chunky, Stooges-inspired slab of punky gristle, while the 6-minute centerpiece
“Vibrating Violence” shows off their jamming chops and suggests their live
shows could be cathartic tension relievers. 
It’s all extremely loud and rather sloppily invigorating and
should appeal to fans of fellow psych droners Brian Jonestown Massacre and The
Warlocks and similarly-minded garage rockers.
Review made by Jeff Penczak/2013
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