Giant Dwarf - Giant Dwarf (CD Review)

Giant Dwarf – Giant Dwarf

01.Golden Walrus 

02.Black Thumb     

03.Disco Void         

04.Kepler     

05.Repeat After Defeat   

06.Strange Wool   

07.High Tide Blues

08.The Deluge

Aaron Soppo (Vocals)

Luke Drag (Drums / Percussion)

S John Paterson (Bass)

Rick (Guitar / Sitar)

Russ Tee (Guitar / Didgeridoo)

From the capital of Western Australia, Perth, Giant Dwarf were founded sometime in 2015 by musicians obsessed with all things fuzzy, heavy, psychedelic, drone, progressive and weird (you know, the good stuff!).

‘Golden Walrus’ is nice and fuzzy, full of punchy riffs and melodic vocals and plods along at a nice pace, nothing outstanding as such, but then half way through it starts getting weird adding a nice new dimension then ends.

As for the second track ‘Black Thumb’ it has the feel of Deep Purples ‘Black Night’ being covered by Queens of the Stone Age.

Get that QOTSA feel from the next one as well, that said ‘Disco Void’ gets a real psychedelic hit and requires the volume level at max!

‘Kepler’ is a sonic blasting masterpiece of fuzz, stoner rock melting into space rock, the general vibe of which continues to the next track as well.

Loving the instrumental ‘Strange Wool’ a real heavy, fuzzy blues piece, unlike the next track ‘High Tide Blues’ which is neither blues or a tribute to the band High Tide, but another straight forward rocker.

Ending with another full on sonic blast is ‘The Deluge’ a space rocker, searing guitar work, great vocals, rhythmic drum patterns and clever use of sitar.

Rating 9/10

For Fans Of: Monster Magnet, Queens of the Stone Age, Uncle Acid & Deadbeats, Electric Wizard, Mudhoney.