Long Hair
Psych/noise/ambient/prog epics fall like red '73 Camaros from the sky. Imagine it.
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Discography
The Fall 2009 EP Series (2009)
A podcast-only series, Long Hair put out a three-song EP every week for seven consecutive weeks (it was supposed to be ten but things happen, y'know?). Featuring music that breaks away from almost everything they've done so far. Eclectic? Fuck yes.
Some of the songs from these EPs will find their way onto a new full-length album due this winter.
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Week #1: An Ever-Open Door EP
Week #2: Superstition's Willing Victims EP
Week #3: Skating and Sleighing to the Icy Vaults of Death EP
Week #4: Children of the Wild Who Have Been Tamed EP
Week #5: On the Trail of an Imaginary Foe EP
Week #6: A Dangerous Beauty in a Sullen Mood EP
Week #7: Gypsy Dance in Progress EP
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Young Oceans (2009)
On its sixth album, Long Hair comes dangerously close to taking itself seriously. Evolving just a tiny bit from it's dumb jammy psych roots, this one's equal parts Dark Star-y Grateful Dead, detuned mellotron-y King Crimson, and an elephant kicking over a drum kit. Add a dash of Made in Japan-era Deep Purple and stir gently with a stick of Henry Cow. Oh, and don't forget to line the pan with some Hampton Grease Band. Overall it feels like an idiot's guide to prog-rock, with emphasis on the idiot.
1. Chasmed River [13:57]
2. Popehead [12:47]
3. Yeti [8:14]
4. Baphomet's Diner [12:32]
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Dingus Dingus Dingus Dingus Dingus: The Best of Long Hair (2009)
Here are eight things by Long Hair. Seven truncated and/or "fake live" versions of old favorites plus a previously unheard, acid-drenched, time-travelling Kiss cover (guaranteed to be the most retarded thing you'll hear this year). From the beginning the M.O. has been "drifting tempos, sloppy solos", and that's all here in abundance. An excellent place to start for the uninitiated.
1. Curse of the Witch [6:06]
2. Step Out [2:44]
3. The V [5:08]
4. Termination [14:04]
5. Niflheim [10:41]
6. Gabriel [6:06]
7. 100,000 Years [13:18]
8. XTDSS54 (Live in the Locker Room of the
Immaculate Vallate Papilla School for Girls) [13:53]
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The EP That Has "Bakes" and "Gabriel" On It (2009)
This EP has "Bakes" and "Gabriel" on it. It doesn't have any other songs on it. And it sounds like Pink Floyd!
1. Bakes [18:56]
2. Gabriel [6:06]
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Two Girls on Cough Syrup (2009)
This one is relatively short, at least compared with the sprawling 2-hour Swallowing the V, released in '08... and two out of four songs have vocals, which is downright scary. Its either LH's best or worst work to date.
1. ESB [8:36]
2. 2/3/4 [12:50]
3. The Last Monkey [7:47]
4. Step Out [19:11]
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Swallowing the V (2008)
After Long Hair's well-received debut in early 2007, it was full-steam ahead. Recording immediately commenced for a second album, coupled with monthly podcasts consisting of new recordings meant only for podcast distribution. But then the bottom dropped out - with the new album nearly complete, Long Hair crashed its motorcycle one rainy October day in Woodstock, NY. With a broken neck and a broken heart, LH sat it out in a pink house for the rest of the winter. Now, finally, here it is: a sprawling double-CD with a dream-theme. It was originally a much longer album until LH's mother told him to cut it down.
Disc 1
1. The Nocnitsa [13:56]
2. Attacked By Violence [2:24]
3. Curse of the Witch [8:43]
4. The V [5:08]
5. XTDSS54 [27:21]
Disc 2
1. Roref W'tes [7:11]
2. Niflheim [19:43]
3. I've Already Begun Killing... My Course is Clear [2:05]
4. Somnolence [13:55]
5. Ease the Effect [8:25]
6. Moderate-Potency Dosage [3:02]
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The Rise, Progress and Termination of Long Hair (2007)
LH really stuck to its guns on its debut release. These three extended pieces containing classic LH riffs -- the musicial equivilent of a kindergarten class on methadone. Two out of the three pieces contain drum solos. I mean, c'mon.
1. Rise [17:18]
i. Dialgo and His Crusaders
ii. "Wexane!"
iii. Remit
iv. Polygon Hotspot
2. Progress [17:50]
i. Spacer Image
ii. Death of Dialgo
3. Termination [22:44]
i. Dance
ii. Collapse
iii. The Rise of a New Constellation
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