Artist: The Happy End
Title: Echoes of Jericho
Genre: Zen Noise / Rock / Other
Release Date: 30th July 2010
Label: Festplatten / RDS
Album Review
Say hello to oddities… A band called THE HAPPY END releases a record named ‘Echoes of Jericho’ - pretty apocalyptic, if you’d ask me. Apocalyptic is coincident with my notion of THE HAPPY END’s music. Well, music seems not to be the right word… sound spheres is rather correct. Actually, nothing fits right in this case. The music is too manifold, psychedelic, experimental… definitely hard to comprehend, even harder to judge… ‘Echoes of Jericho’ is different from other releases, different from every release I’ve ever heard. It’s an album, that’s worth to listen to several times in order to experience how it leaves you behind. Nobody said it was easy to listen to - but in fact that’s the attraction… after a while. THE HAPPY END fabricated a remarkable creation leading one into half-light. There’s no wrong or right, no black or white - there’s only diffuse shroud of mist of feeling and emotions. Time to listen to and to think about… In that case ‘Echoes of Jericho’ is tearing down the walls again!
Tracklist
01. Polarbear
02. Black Cancer
03. All Different Drugs
04. Good Times
05. Merry Oger
06. Golden
07. Destroy Your Brilliant Career
08. Endscapes
09. Semen of the Zen
10. At Least
11. Turn the Sun Down
Line-up
Forster - Guitar, vocals
Teichmann - Guitar, Special Effects
Pollach - Omni chord, Guitar, Special Effects
Hudl - SH 101, Moogerfooger, Spring SU 10, Walkman
Van de Witt - Bass, Special Effects
Schuwirth - Drums
Website
http://thehappyendisnear.com/ / http://www.myspace.com/thehappyend
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 7.5
Sound: 9
Extras: -
Total: 8.25 / 10
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