Cargo Records

Rise and Fall

Rhythm guitar and organ combine like nothing but mid-period Velvets; gentler lead guitar flourishes are pure extensions of the Angelino Byrds/Love/Rain Parade tradition; the pulse's slow-moving inevitability and the shimmering, staggering wall of heavy drug imagery are classic Spacemen 3.

These bilding blocks have been utilised by entire generations of sullen youths. But the way the Warlocks assemble them makes it all sound new, loud and ripe. The band's considerable size (they're an octet) gives them a natural sonic width that skinnier combos lack. And their twin drums can conjure up either the '68 Dead or the '7 Cramps (two truly Platonic ideals). But for all this name-checking, the Warlocks' raunch is unique, thuggy and esential. --Bryan Coley / Mojo 03

Track Listing

Jam of the Witches
House of Glass
Skull Death Drum Jam
Whips of Mercy
Song for Nico
Left and Right of the Moon
Motorcycles
Heavy Bomber
Laser Beam