‘II’’s cuts bleed into one another; it’s a five-part exercise in mind control, cerebral expansion and sonic hypnosis.
Whether you like 70s krautrock or current psych acts like Wooden Shjips, you should endeavour to hear this album; it is a valuable addition to the genre.
For a mere five tracks, this is some mind-expansive stuff, and a great listen for anyone looking for spacy background music with a dark edge.
The interplanetarily minded II is a bold shift in perspective from their earthbound origins, an all-out swing into a very different sound that follows its own alien logic.
The spirit of the group is only half-formed here, with the other half still left somewhere in the streets of Santiago.
While not without highlights, Föllakzoid's "II" is uninteresting. It's the trademark space rock formula repeated five times — stretching out unnuanced riffs or rhythms for unusually long periods of time. Don't get me wrong, this formula is not inherently flawed, but it's dissapointing to hear something so typical from a genre that has fruited better projects for over forty years now. Gong were doing the same thing with greater results back in the early 70's. It's an ... read more
The quartet from Santiago has embarked in a new spaceship for an everlasting, psychedelic cruise around the solar system, organised in five parts, because space is the place for them.
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