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The dark sonic space-flights of Gris Gris's debut

Wickerlove | Canada | 05/30/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Gris Gris are more instrumentalists as they are musicians, one part late 60's psychadelia, one part sonic-flights, falling somewhere in between The Velvet Undergound and Hawkwind. Their self-titled constantly shifts from a dark-spacey-experimental feel, eg, Can meets Spacemen 3, to more feedback-laced psychadelia, echoing vocals and distorted guitar shrieks, falling somewhere in between The Raveonettes/BRMC and the snarling twang of The Nuggets II series. It's really an interesting fusion of styles, lots of fuzzy noise and mind-bending noodling, yet with flashes of groovy melodies and acoustic ballads. Gris Gris, perhaps the darker spaced-out cousin of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, cannot be faulted for pushing the limits, but as the BJM is about retro space-cowboy melodies, Gris Gris is about symphonic astral-travelling to the stars."

Good psychedelic rock

Anthony Desimone | Myrtle Beach, SC USA | 03/10/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I got this at a local used CD store where I'm known very well.



The owner thought I might like based only on the name (anytime he sees something with a weird name that he's never heard of

he always thinks of me first : )



I hadn't heard of this band either, but I listened to it in the store and I was hooked.



This is definitely a psychedelic band, they remind me of a cross between The Velvet Underground and 60's Pink Floyd, but of course some of the songs don't sound like either of them.



The lineup is a basic guitar, bass, and drums group (with a couple guest musicians on three of the tracks), the music however, is not basic at all, but often experimental and rather creative.



After listening to it a few times I find the only song I don't care for is the first track "Raygun" everything else is great.



It always feels good to find a rare gem in a used CD store, and this is no exception. I look forward to hearing more from this band in the future."

Okay!

Adrienne | Houston, Texas United States | 05/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard the Gris Gris on a local radio station. The song I heard was "Everytime" which is a really cool song, but not nearly as special as a lot of songs on here. It's one of those discs that you have to *love* immediately or you probably never will. It is "an anvil of perfection". Really."