Saturday, March 7, 2009

Complex - S/T (1970)












This private pressing from 1970 sounds of a different vintage entirely, especially considering heavier groups like Led Zepplin and Black Sabbath were providing the inspiration for budding bands at that time and psych was becoming passe. Only 99 copies of this Blackpool bands album were pressed and due to the use of a crappy pressing plant in Scotland the results were dreadful. Admittedly the sound is not great, but from what I understand this release is the best sound this record has ever had. So once you get past that, this record has some great songs. All songs are originals by the band except for a good cover of Joe South’s Hush. The band has an organ heavy sound which sounds more like ’68 than ’70. There is some really great psych on Self Declaration and Live For The Minute has some good acid guitar. The band recorded a second album a few short months later, which reportedly has better sound attributes.