Blackloud – Mysterious Waves (6th 6th 6th)

Last time on 6th 6th 6th mysterious acid folk stoner guru Blackloud was noisy unstable and inventive as hell. The kind of inspired chaos that hinted at the cheeky wrongness of Butthole Surfers or even a more mentally erratic Ween. Mysterious Waves is a little softer, a little more mellow, a little more fireside, where he has eschewed guitar and keyboards and does his best to soothe. Yet everything in Blackloud’ world is twisted and malleable and though these tunes are resolutely low key, focussing more on vocals the reality is he can’ help but imbue these tunes with a controlled twistedness. In some ways this assists it to succeed more than its predecessor, where as he has stripped away many of the extraneous weirdo noises and strange riffing to reveal, gasp, an interesting inventive songwriter. The strange inebriated psychedelic sounds that do remain are employed specifically within song structure where Blackloud is rasping along to some really inventive and unpredictable music.