Band: Dominions Of Glue
Track: Mind Train
From the Album: The Great Expansion
Label: Environmental Studies
Genre/s: Alternative Rock/ Indie/ Post-Rock/ Dub/ Neo-Krautrock
Track of the Day is ‘Mind Train’ from Dominions of Glue, who hail from Bristol, England. This band combine various genres and styles with an eclectic mix of influences. ‘Mind Train’ is taken from ‘The Great Expansion’ album. At the end of my review is a YouTube link to ‘Mind Train’. Additionally, there’s a link to the Environmental Studies record label website, where you can obtain a physical copy of ‘The Great Expansion’.
📚’Mind Train’ Review: A bass, drums and guitar groove ignites this track, guiding and serving to entrap and immerse the listener within an immediate soundscape.The riff is memorable which combines well with the musical sophistication of all the players. The drums have a tribal feel, with an undercurrent of laid back Jazz, akin to a serene Art Blakey, with hints of a Samba drummer slowed right down. The bass masterfully hooks in, giving that smooth sense of groove, whilst guitar is part-Disco, part-Funk, part Post-Punk, with slight shades of the style of the late Andy Gill, guitarist with Gang Of Four.
The vocals totally suit the musical backdrop, with a unique sound, perhaps with tiny flavours of mid-70s David Bowie or even of Dave Vanian at the very beginning of his Damned days. The singing is textured and full of character, with a great soaring range, providing a sense of charm, mood and atmosphere.
As the voice intensifies, the guitar follows and drops into snarl-mode, full of electric menace. The structure of ‘Mind Train’ is kept to a simple transition, maintaining the groove and keeping the forward musical-motion going. These are a group of highly proficient musicians who don’t need to necessarily embrace the expected conceits of rock music, such as a guitar solo, or a middle eight that totally transforms the direction and feel of a song. Dominions of Glue use subtlety instead, with slight variations, the bass drops out in a brief breakdown, which doesn’t affect the established rhythm; it serves to enhance it. Hints of the tune coming to its conclusion appear in the form of noisier, feedback guitar, which serves to drive the musical intensity further.
‘Mind Train’ is a fantastic marriage of subtely-technical, but thoughtful musicianship, a sense of mood-setting and showmanship with a blend of both pop-sensibility and Jazz-Funk rhythms inhabiting a groove infused soundscape.
Check it out below⬇️
🎼Listen to ‘Mind Train’ by Dominions Of Glue: https://youtu.be/YSrLnsj0NPA
💿Buy ‘The Great Expansion’ by Dominions Of Glue Album on CD via Environmental Studies Record Label: https://www.musicglue.com/environmental-studies/products/dominions-of-glue-the-great-expansion-cd?fbclid=IwAR2SB5-S3MeehRKkvb5C-W8y-xmow4e1s6RsMYPMg-P8jtIoF10fQXkg11U
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