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Release Date: 07/15/2008
There is a lovely moment in
"La Krautoma," after the surf music intro gives way to a strange
Peter Leopold drum solo and moves on, that the sound begins to mutate into early-'70s
Hawkwind, a gleeful nod from one notable space rock outfit to another.
"La Krautoma" is more than that, though; it's a six-minute distillation of acid rock, space rock, and Krautrock that shows the band's knowledge of their own history. It is also an eyebrow-raising moment in the midst of this particular, which spends more time getting into the same space as mid-'70s Europop, providing an antimatter universe version of an average Eurovision song contest lineup -- think early
ABBA in vinyl raincoats, singing ditties about old
King Ludwig and the like. Equally perverse, the Blue Angel motif of the cover fits completely with this approach: life as a cabaret, the decadent edges visible through the veneer. In many respects, it's a neat record, though sometimes a bit too glossy and clever for its own good -- nowhere near the sprawling
Tanz Der Lemminge, for example. One of the essential set, however.
~Steven McDonald, All Music Guide
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