Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky

Earthless | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tee Pee Records
• ASIN: B000OHZK36
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,954 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the best jamming ever....., February 23, 2008

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David J. Weislogel (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky (Audio CD)

You must have at least 21 minutes and preferrably 46 minutes of time to yourself, with the volume up, to fully appreciate the genius and skillfull endurance that is this Earthless release. It is not dinner music but I've got other music for that. This is just a sheer heavy guitar groove with a phenomenal rhythm section. The opening introductory feedback simply serves as a cacophonic appetizer to the classic and seemingly endless guitar/bass/drum assault that made me wonder what it would have been like if I had been exposed to something like this while in high school. I never would have come out of my room and my headphones would be dead.

As reference point, my music collection and taste is quite varied and pretty much spans the last four decades. Call Earthless whatever you want (stoner, jam...) but this is the best product of this genre I have ever heard.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Psychedelic Space Wizards from Space, January 3, 2012

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L. Ricciuti (MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky (Audio CD)

Alright, so there's this cliche I've seen a couple times in shows and music videos from the 1980's where some dude plays an electric guitar and, presumably because he's rocking so hard, sets stuff on fire, causes buildings to collapse, deflects bullets and defeats giant space squids. It's one of those things that's so ridiculous that it's awesome.

Isaiah Mitchell, the guitarist on this recording is the closest I've heard to someone who could actually do that, who could be so insanely over-the-top that he could conquer the cosmos with the power of Rock. Don't picture some cheesy 80's rockstar dude, though. I envision this guy as more of a psychedelic space wizard, standing on top of a comet, careening through the abyss, knowing that nothing would ever dare to stand in his way.

What really makes Earthless extraordinary is their endurance. They just play. And play. And play. There are no slow bits, either. Both "Godspeed" and "Sonic Prayer" are 20 minutes of face-melting, spaced out, effects-heavy glory. It's like they're powered by nuclear fusion. I should also add that these are both instrumentals. While portions of the songs are often anchored by a mind-bending riff, there are no vocal cues. Just massive slabs of the most intense guitar workouts ever.

There are some who might dismiss this as slef-indulgence or just 'wanking' on the guitar. Well, here's what I've got to say to that: you're wrong. This is not open to debate. If that's really what you hear when you listen to this album, then you're missing the point of this kind of music.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trip out on this, September 27, 2007

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S. Kopeny "rock fan" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky (Audio CD)

This is one of the best new bands around right now. This is a power trio making a lot of noise, sounding big, jammy and hard-edged all at once. This has the riffs of Sabbath and the spawling improv genius of Hendrix. The guitar player was in Nebula (another great band) and he really smokes here, sounding tight and jammy at the same time. Get everything by this band, all of thier releases have been awesome so far. This one however has vocals on the last track, which is a Groundhogs cover.