They share a drummer with The Flying Eyes in Elias Schutzman, but blown-out psychedelic trio Mother Sun Flower are going for a different sound entirely. Where so much of what made The Flying Eyes‘ self-titled debut work was in the vocals, for Mother Sun Flower, the focus is on far-out riffing and an underlying intensity that comes across as kind of a surprise.

I credit youth for that and posit that The Flying Eyes probably couldn’t relax sonically even if they wanted to, which, as the three songs on their MySpace demonstrate, they don’t. “Death Talk” and “I Will End You” both get off on a blend of spacey atmosphere and outright aggression that few bands can pull off well, but Mother Sun Flower manages. The bass of Timmy Shaw and guitar/vocals of Jon Lipscomb only help bring out the meaner side of the band, and Schutzman‘s drumming can change from furious to sedate at a clip, so you never know quite what you’re going to get.

Their debut EP, which may or may not be called Mother Sun Fucker is in the works now, and for anyone in the Baltimore area, Mother Sun Flower join nomadic noise duo Jucifer for a show at The Ottobar next Wednesday, Jan. 12. More info on that here, and while you’re deciding how to spend your midweek evening, check out this clip from the YuToubes.

Tags: Baltimore, Maryland, Mother Sun Flower, Unsigned bands

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