Rik Abel

It seems to have hardly merited a mention on most of the end of the year album lists I have bothered to look at, which is a shame as I think it is one of the best hard/psychedelic rock albums I’ve heard in the last few years. Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, you may be unsurprised to learn that it is a very bong-friendly album, with the epic Bright Lights clocking in at over 16 minutes, but don’t go thinking it is all self-indulgent stoner noodling. Only some of it is, and even then it is pretty damn good noodling. Lead singer/guitarist Stephen McBean has chops to match his beard, and manages to coax classic riff after classic riff from his ‘axe’ (man)… ok, I admit it, I’m testing out amazon’s associate widget so this is not really a PROPER review right now, but it will be just as soon as I don’t have a nine-month-old crawling all over me. Still, feel free to go buy it now if you want to make me rich beyond my wildest dreams. If amazon sold bongs as well I’d be laughing…

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