Premonition 13 - "13" Review

Scott 'Wino' Weinrich has an intense enough tone and presence that can either make some learn to hate music or even more learn how to love it. He's back from a rocky trip full of space debris and dark matter thats lead him on a wild galactic, goose chase across the continent and back down to earth with a new lineup in Premonition 13. Following his last, accoustic album release, "Adrift" , Wino introduces some new West Coast, dusty desert riff transistors to the heavy underground, cosmic rock circuit. Jim Karow, for instance, accents and compliments Weinrich's fluidity and harmony, often times balancing it. Overall, its safe to say this group has mastered the musical ability to transcend the audience in a meditative trance state, all the while causing chaos, confusion and commotion in latter part of song structure, found in songs, such as,, "B.E.A.U.T.Y" and "Deranged Rock N Roller." However, this mellow album may not fit the necessary description for fans of his heavier, past behavioral Doom acts he also fronts in Saint Vitus and The Obsessed, but The Hidden Hand and Spirit Caravan fans might be pleasantly surprised and pleased with the southern, stellar, solarized direction Premonition 13's debut is taking off in. Essentially, there are three reasons to place your order now: 1.) comes in 13" pressed Orange vinyl. 2.) shirt design is so decadent on account of Zachary "EZ" Nelson, that it would make for an even more decadent backpatch on the back of denim or leather. And, 13.) it comes from the more articulate and eccentric side of Wino we always knew he had down pat yet equalized, using some new innovative pedal.










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