#tim whale

  “On the 14th enema noise released their eponymous five track EP (which is available on bandcamp), any one of which is more than worth its salt as a feature. I selected the penultimate number - azarnoazar to feature - as it encapsulates all that is the quartet. The angular anger stalks the room like a gun-slinger - eyes scouring for any sign of obstinate resistance that when discovered fires with a fully loaded gun before heading off to discover the next Refusenik. Petulant guitar stomps across the eardrum as the drums beat the stirrup and the bass inflicts flights of darts which penetrate the cochlea leaving the vocal as an echoing fulminating subtext – making sense of it all – until abruptly everything stops and the listener is left bashing the sides of their head to quiet the ringing of silence” Tim Whale from Emerging Indie Bands foto por Jozé Vitor Araujo

Dead Man's Eyes from Köln in Germany is the psychedelic rock quintet of Peter Engel (Guitar / Vocals), Simon Reichelt (Guitar), Simon Mead (Bass / Vocals), Robin Hertner (Drums) and Nima Davari (Slide guitar / 12-string). While flecking the room with splashes of tie-dye Dead Man's Eye do not slope off into a wandering osmosis, rather base the out-put on driving rock tones, which rattle around the room in triumphant procession. The spice to the sound is the intonations of psychedelia, which enables the band to add stretches and dimensions to the tracks, without ever becoming lost inside a maze of confusion. The spread of stringed instruments, affording the music an Indian sub-continent Tradition inflection, allows Dead Man's Eyes to take the listener of wide ranging paths of storytelling without ever straying too far off the path as the ever present percussion beats out a steadying course, whilst the vocal, which is imbued with echoes adds a heady …

"...because of the broad sweeps of sound the brain is encouraged to relax and wander the themes with leaving richmond, leaving the listener with a roving imagination long after the last notes have fallen silent." Read more here.