This is the first record Bong - Dave Terry (bass, vocals), Mike Smith (drums), Mike Vest (guitar, effects), Ben Freeth (sitar, shahi baaja) - recorded in a proper studio with an engineer (Greg Chandler of the mighty Esoteric), and they pumped this thing out in two days this past December. I can’t do that with just any piece of music because I’m easily distracted, but I was able to work alongside Bong’s music … even if that wasn’t the intention of their work. I actually got a ton of projects done - with a clear head, might I add - at work this week by spending time with this album because it opens my mind and lets me concentrate. It’s a well-crafted, mystical opus that’s expertly played and sets the proper mood for whatever you plan to do while listening. But this isn’t just noodling and playing in circles to keep you in a trance.
So let’s perhaps do away with such a silly stereotype that obviously only applies to people with no ambition.Īt hand is the fourth long-player from Bong called “Mana-Yood-Sushai,” in stores next week courtesy of English label Ritual Productions, who also put out their 2011 album “Beyond Ancient Space.” If you guessed that this two-track, 46-minute offering would perfectly soundtrack an evening spent in a smoke cloud, you’d be right on the money. Sound like the track record of a bunch of lazy people with no drive? Not exactly. The group officially formed in 2005, and here we are, seven years later, and they have countless recordings to their credit, from split releases to live documents to EPs to box sets to full-length efforts. And who doesn’t eat snacks? What are we, Amish? I don’t know what that means.Īnother example of folks who certainly are influenced by weed but who happen to find their creative path quite flooded with projects are the dudes who make up English stoner doom rock band Bong. So that “stoners are lazy” thing? Maybe some people are just inherently lazy and still would be if they smoked weed or they didn’t. Oddly, the people I know who partake in such mind-altering activities all have good jobs, work ridiculous hours, make really decent money, and are creative contributors to society, their workplaces, and the economy. We’ve all heard those ones before, right? They lie around all day and contribute nothing to society and eat snacks and waste space.
So, there’s this misnomer that stoners are lazy and don’t tend to get a whole lot done besides smoking up.
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