Really, I rolled through the Doors self titled into Stardeath and I can’t help but realize the connection. Strains of psychedelic rock with solid song writing and sweet hooks. Separated by 42 years, but connected by all the grand traditions. Neither recording produced for mass consumption, the Doors showing what could be the path for “art rock.” The fancy way of saying they had something to say. Certainly not the first to do so, but the first to connect to a larger audience without sacrificing their integrity.
Stardeath And White Dwarfs, connected to The Flaming Lips through some sort of blood relation as well as musical mission. Get in the studio, fiddle with the knobs and make layers of noise, trip, harmony, cacophony, jazz, psyche and ominous foreboding. Yep, the logical conclusion to the conversation started by Morrison and Co.
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