Artist: Colour Haze
Album: In Her Garden
Year: 2017
Rating: 81/100
Colour Haze have, in their 23 years of existence, swiftly become the masters of their craft. The Bavarian stoner rock trio are simply content with doing as they please, and with a back catalogue as extensive and as fluid as theirs, that's very much to be expected. In Her Garden is their 12th studio release, arriving after several European tour dates, including a showing at Desertfest in Antwerp.
Within the album itself, we get the usual Colour Haze fare; drawn out, hypnotic jams that only have a few sparse vocal melodies; or even better, none at all. It's not quite as drawn out, expansive or trippy as their fellow Germans Samsara Blues Experiment, but then they don't need to be. Colour Haze's musicianship has always been exceptional, and it's no different on In Her Garden. The listener is treated to the odd passage of Hammond B3 organ, acoustic guitar and even a bit of brass and some strings.
While some of the more drawn out moments of In Her Garden occasionally end up crossing over into the territory of being a bit boring (the evil twin of hypnotic), there's still plenty here to sustain the interest of the listener. It's not quite in the territory of their more consistent records, but there's still enough to like about this one for it to be a worthwhile listen, and a good introduction to Colour Haze.
Track listing
1. Into Her Garden
2. Black Lilly
3. Magnolia
4. Arbores
5. Sdg
6. Lavatera
7. Islands
8. Sdg II
9. Labyrinthe
10. Lotus
11. Sdg III
12. Skydancer
13. Skydance
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