Lewis Spybey - Lewis Spybey (Album Review) Featured
- Written by Jac Taylor
Lewis Spybey
Lewis Spybey
By Jac Taylor
PSYCHEDELIC LUCID DREAMS?! Yeah… the Lewis Spybey self-titled new release is a place to be. Within the ambient, ambitious coral of an album cover, lies an ocean bed filled with a “new sound” fiasco. Imagine a microwave buzz as a backbeat, then, shift that into full gear with a dark ominous sound sphere. That’s Lewis Spybey!
The 38-minute track list begins with called ‘Castle Neptune’. Whilst drifting away from the cliché of “Oh yeah, this sounds The Orb”, the general tone and moody feeling of this project is fantastic, it takes you back to that nightclub drum and bass, as if it were an off-world experience on Neptune. The music is like a magical drug; if you cut it, it is going to bleed psychedelia.
Not long after is the mean, almost punky, anti-establishment ‘Antler Velvet’. This is a darker force flowing into your ears. It has a very strange pattern to it and would be perfect for a slasher movie. The song titles are so quirky and completely throw you off what you’re getting. I expected nothing compared to what I got when I listened to ‘Antler Velvet’ just like the aforementioned ‘Castle Neptune’.
The strongest fire in the album is ‘Trophy Hunters’. This song has this ‘thunderous’ nature to it. It’s like a storm. Music production is a carefully crafted art that only a few really know how to level up the game with their talent. This song goes against the grain, and I would associate it with the likes of Darth Vader, some evil super soldier. It tackles a void within the music production movement, tapping into the frightening kaleidoscope of music, and further still.
The last track is a completely new avenue of album conclusions; almost 10 minutes of madness. It's the ideal approach to wrap things up. This band is undoubtedly an enormous threat in the music industry; even if they are focusing on a specialized genre, they are only beginning a journey of musical experimentation. This shouldn't be viewed as merely a record. One ought to consider it a celebration. Not just about what has already released, but also about what plans to reveal in the future.