MANTRA SUNRISE: Mantra Sunrise

Cover	Release	Style
	2000	psychedelic rock
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	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	60:54	222502-1
	Review by	Rating
	Luc	5/10
nederlands	Review
Mantras are known for their repetitive character, and to the listener who’s not aware of their capacity to alter the state of mind, they may sound rather boring. I’m afraid that’s the effect this album may have on its listeners. The first chords of “Why” are rather promising though. Easy grunge, but the vocals are very average and the guitar solo is weak. “Time of Year” has a psychedelic guitar, but the vocals just aren’t convincing. “Brudenell” seems to bring some hope: a nice acoustic beginning but the song can’t keep the promise. The sound effects in “Sleeping Whales” are nice and in “Your Heart” one gets a nice acoustic intro followed by a song where the vocals remind a bit of Eddie Vedder, better than in the other songs as such. The conceptual song “Land of Sprinagar” reminds just a bit to strongly of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”, but hasn’t got its magic by far. The song gets boring and the ‘eastern’ guitars solo is very poor. The synthesizers made me fall asleep, I’m afraid. The last song, “Mantra Sunset” is an acoustic instrumental, alas once more not surprising or catchy. The band has got some good ideas, but clearly misses a skilled producer to add a good finishing touch and a well equipped studio. If you listen to the end of “Northern Light” or to “Land of Springagar”, there’s no doubt you’ll know what I mean.
Musicians
Joel Bissing: Lead vocals; bass guitar John Miner: guitars; vocals Wayne Garabedian: drums & percussion; keyboards
Tracklist
Why Time of Year Brudenell Dying Day Sleeping Whales Northern Light Your Heart Acoustic Your Heart Casino Land of Sprinagar Mantra Sunset


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