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Screaming Trees - Invisible Lantern Audio CD

A fair review of the Screaming Trees "Invisible Lantern" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Screaming Trees reviews here, or go back to the Screaming Trees tabs.

Screaming Trees Band: Screaming Trees
Title: Invisible Lantern
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Release Date: 1991-07-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Ivy 2: Walk Through to This Side 3: Lines & Circles 4: She Knows 5: Shadow Song 6: Grey Diamond Desert 7: Smoke Rings 8: Second I Awake 9: Invisible Lantern 10: Even If 11: Direction of the Sun 12: Night Comes Creeping

one of the greatest albums I own
It's a great psychedelic work, but the guitars are peircingly loud like nothing else I've heard, not like metal-sounding guitars, though. This is a classic as far as I'm concerned. Less distortion, or whatever. It is constant electric howling. At first listen it took some getting used to. These guys remind me of the Doors. It's the vibe. "Transparent whales always make me feel like I've never been in the right dimension. "

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Great American Neo-Psychelidic Rock Music
By fusing this tension with a love of 60's garage rock, the Screaming Trees managed to produce some of the most consistantly exciting music of the many Seattle bands during (and years before) the grunge movement. It seems that the more creative a band seems to be, the worse they get along. Because the guitars are layered over each other, it's hard to believe they were a one-guitar outfit.

"Lantern" is a low-budget recording from their time on the legendary/notorious SST Records, home of hardcore punks Black Flag and the mighty Husker Du. Fans of the Nuggets-era rock bands of the Sixties, the Trees inject punk's power chords into the mix. Lyrics are a bit more psychedelic and less-meaningful than on later on in their career but still damn catchy. After a couple of listens, the highlights of this record will stick with you. Every song seems to have a distinct sound to it and each track can be complimented in different ways.

I would recommend anything from this band's catalog.


Until The End Of The Universe
Night-drift through the desert and, if you possess a strong soul, you will hear Mescalito's howls and the Powerwalking Ancients. Take a little stroll down forest backroads and, with a little luck, you will witness the Mushroom Celebration and the Breathing Frond Reverie. Glide on solar winds and, bereft of everything, you will sing the Novae Illuminatio Conundrum and dance in the Umbra Pegasii Tabernae. Or let yourself be transported by this little magic carpet of a record and you will experience the rush and the glee.


The Greatest Band Ever
In early works like Invisible Lantern, the group has not yet established their groove, but there is certainly an audio seed for the incredible works to come. One only has to hear the Screaming Trees finale two albums (Sweet Oblivion & Dust) to know that this is one of the finest groups ever to record. The riff that explodes out of feedback at the very beginning is a perfect opening to the unique and beautiful garage-psychedelia yet to come. "Grey Diamond Desert" is purely haunting, "Even If" is a clean song that features Lanegan's enchanting voice and demonstrates the Trees' gift for subtle riffing. The Conner brothers are very charged musicians as demonstrated throughout the album, and the drumming of Mark Pickerel leaves little to complain about. Although not as astounding as their more mature works, Invisible Lantern is a great album, that documents the early days of one of America's greatest underrated rock and roll bands.


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