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Tia Carrera
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Track Listing
- Tone, Levels and THC
- Eastside Jive
- Carrera!
- Valentine's Blues
- Countdown, Liftoff
- At Altitude
- End Transmission
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #213823 in Music
- Released on: 2006-10-10
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
"This instrumental power trio from Austin jams with A-bomb quality, like ... Guru Guru shredding Jimi Hendrix's `Machine Gun' at half-speed." -- David Fricke, ROLLING STONE
"Like Cream filtered through Sabbath, Tia Carrera pummeled the air with sound waves, riffs as thick as dictionaries, and reams of feedback ... the band moved from long stoner rock improvs to horrendous feedback and back again ... it was louder than God, vibrating palettes and ribcages throughout the club." -- HIGH BIAS
"Like Jimi Hendrix jamming out with Dale Crover after smoking a big, fat spleef." -- AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN
With this third offering, Tia Carrera depart slightly from the "press record and go" method of documentation that they employed on 2005's The November Session and 2003's 6-03-03 (Emperor Jones Records). On this untitled release, the band focuses on songs rather than twenty-minute jams. While still improvised to a large extent, these songs are shorter and structurally tighter. Mixing influences from Hendrix to Sabbath and the Melvins, Tia Carrera are a heavy metal band with soul and a jam band with balls.
Customer Reviews
An unsung hero of the experimental stoner/space rock genre.
A heavy-weight aural odyssey of bulldozing drums, piercingly scorched guitar chords, and a resounding bass line that you could believe is the very enraged pulse of a distant celestial body traversing some kind of psychedelicly colored black hole.
The entire album is a worthwhile listen. Find a barely lit space, crank the stereo and the subwoofer to 11, and just breath in the unbelievable riffs. If you have the appropriate means, I advise securing your speakers and subwoofer(s) directly to your head -- this is to insure you don't allow even one drop of the liquid tones to escape your thirsting ear canals. I find, in particular, tracks 1, 5, and 6 to be completely transfixing.
Originally I stumbled upon this band through their "From Heaven and Hell (A tribute to Black Sabbath)" album. While that album is excellent, it pales in comparison to the rich and decadent experience this untitled album presents.
