BENT WIND – SUSSEX – 1969 (CAN) heavy psych/hard rock

Hard rock excess, complete with blues-mauling guitar riffs, fight it out with some nice haunting harmonies and occasional delicate, folky melodies on this interesting (if inessential) release, one of the last gasps of garage-psychedelia (in fact, the hard rock factor is so prominent that it probably couldn't be comfortably classified as such). The release listed is a vinyl reissue of the mid-'80s, though has been reissued on CD since then.

JERRY GIBAS lead gtr, vcls
SEBASTIAN PELAIA bs, gtr
MARTY ROTH gtr, vcls
EDDIE THOMAS drms
1 Touch of Red 4:10
2 Riverside 6:13
3 The Lions 3:38
4 Gong to the City 2:51
5 Hate 4:02
6 Look at Love 5:23
7 Mistify 3:14
8 Scared Cows 5:29
Bonus Tracks
9 Riverside 6:20
10 Bent Wind 4:01
11 The Chant 3:44
12 Castles Made of Man 3:26
13 Sacred Cows 2:23

The album consists of almost exclusive hard rock songs, sounding at times like a lesser Hendrix and at times like some of the psychedelic hard rockers of the time. "Hate" is the only song that isn't a harder rocker, and it is one of the better tracks. The two songs from their single "Sacred Cows" and "Castles Made of Man" are pretty good as is somewhat haunting "Riverside."

Highly recommended!
Rip from CD 256@ (full artwork included)
Download link
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