MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - MY FRUIT PSYCHOBELLS (A SEED COMBUSTIBLE) - DARK SYMPHONIES
Maudlin of the Well is a truly off beat band. Beginning with the very different moniker and the refreshingly minimal cover art, American entity Maudlin (comprised of six individuals) transpose their sounds to a realm not really metal, not really rock, pop or anything, just...living art in the form of music. In fact referencing the band's many allusions here, Maudlin has more in common with a Cibo Matto than with heavy metal. The experimentation with the conventional heavy metal riff, to the technicality of Anacrusis to the world's trippiest art-jazz fusion beat seem as natural to this group as flight to an urchin, so is the seamless transformation. This is, therefore, not for the fast food digestion mentality of the modern man or even for the metal fan, but rather Maudlin function as an independent entity bent inward on its own world. - Ali "The Metallian"