Space Coke Releasing Lunacy in January
I said when Space Coke released their most recent album, L’Appel du Vide (review here), in 2018 that that record would surely get picked up for a vinyl issue sometime in 2019. Money in the bank, I said. Didn’t happen, but that hardly seems to have held back Space Coke at all, as they’ve moved forward despite the world stopping and will on Jan. 14 release their next full-length, titled simply Lunacy. I haven’t heard it yet or I’d tell you what it sounds like, but I know damn well that whenever and whatever I end up writing about it — beyond this, anyhow — I won’t be trying to predict anybody’s future.
Lesson learned? Probably not, but, you know, a bit of humbling every now and again is good for the soul.
Info came down the PR wire:
SPACE COKE To Release New Album Lunacy
On January 14 2022 psychedelic rockers SPACE COKE will release their new album Lunacy.
The band comments: “We have an origin theme that a trip to space is a breakaway from a society gone mad. A planet that has built up civilizations based on power and oppression. Also mix that with the SPACE COKE scene from Cheech and Chong’s movie. Reno grew up in a diverse multicultural household and likes his music and musical companions to reflect that. SPACE COKE is aural magic to ground us in how small our planet and its affectations are in an immeasurable existence.”
Lunacy is a Twilight Zone-like journey and will be both darker and more occult themed than previous albums. Each musician’s influences add to the complexity of the album and lend to something far beyond the traditional hallmarks of fuzz and bass. Reno Gooch pulls from his childhood of listening to Indian classical, as well as contemporary artists such as SUN RA, SONIC YOUTH and ANTHONY BRAXTON, plus some of rocks most well known godfathers: BLACK SABBATH, MOTHERS OF INVENTION and JIMI HENDRIX.
If you’re ready to embark on a journey from which you may not return, SPACE COKE will be your guide. As they say: If the amp don’t smoke, it ain’t SPACE COKE.
More information will be available soon.
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