Land Of Nod - Inducing The Sleep Sphere
by Anthony Strutt
published: 13 / 2 / 2003
Label:
Ochre
Format: CD
intro
"Dark" post rock, which occasionally moves into Echo and the Bunnymen territory from long-serving Cheltenham band, the Land of Nod
The Land of Nod return after their 'Archive' double CD with another fine album, 'Inducing the Sleep Sphere'. I did find, however, that this doesn't chill you out to the point of sending you to sleep. I have always listened to the band late at night, and so 'Inducing..' should have been the ultimate drug to induce me to sleep. This 49 minute album sees the band in familiar Nod territory, but I am happy to say that it goes beyond that too. Talbot's bass playing has always been good, but here it is the best it has ever been, sounding very fresh and dark. Several of the pieces go into Bunnymen territory, namely 'Elevator' which sounds like 'Reverbation' period Bunnies and the repetitive but great 'A Sequence of Sound', which is very much like a bass led 'Over the Wall'. 'Close to Conscious' is a first for the Nod, using just bass and acoustic guitar to fine effect. 'Loose Contact' is groovy and sounds like an instrumental for a horror film.'Change of Mind' is a dark burner, and, like a lot of this record, has live sounding drums. It finishes with 'Inducing the Sleep Sphere', which is the essence of the Nod and the perfect end. The Land of Nod are masters of their craft, so it will be very interesting to see where they go on their next outing.
Track Listing:-
1 Half Light2 Elevator
3 A Sequence Of Speed
4 Close To Conscious
5 Loose Contact
6 Radiate
7 Le Sonnet A Mont Ventoux
8 Change of Mind
9 Shimmering
10 Eddy
11 Inducing the Sleep Sphere
reviews |
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Reality Channel (2004) |
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| Attractive compilation CD from the Land of Nod, which as well as collecting together tracks from all four of the post rock duo's albums, also features two previously unreleased tracks |
| Archive (2002) |
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