Albums
II
2013
Release Date: 2013
By Paul Thompson
Reviewed April 24, 2013
Föllakzoid hail from Santiago, Chile. But with their rigid rhythms, their chemtrail synths, their afterburner guitars, their sound is pure Düsseldorf, circa 1971. And this krautrock-worshiping quartet's fascination with all things kosmische isn't merely musical.
Psychedelia is supposed to be boundless-- gobble enough indoles, and all the old categories start to dissolve, freeing you up for transcendence. Psychedelic warriors Föllakzoid hail from Santiago, Chile, but-- with their rigid rhythms, their chemtrail synths, their afterburner guitars-- their sound is pure Düsseldorf, circa 1971. But this krautrock-worshiping quartet's fascination with all things kosmische isn't merely musical: their primary concern seems to be untethering themselves from the earth. Their debut leaned toward desert rock, but the interplanetarily minded 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. For Föllakzoid, though, space seems to be the place.