spent some time with van morrison's astral weeks upon friend's 'hold shit dude listen to that.' overwrought is never a bad thing. crazy hobbit instrumentation with bad bongo sprinkle things unforgivable in an otherwise magnificent piece of celtic psych folk. man o man there's always so much more to hear. his lyrics are pretensious in a way only okay in 1968 but that tull rode through the 70s. fucking prog rock. amg calls aw 'soothing, literate, laid-back' - amg as the friendster of rock music. testimonial 'i thought all that winsome, pastorial microlabel bullshit was soley the product of barrett and misguided attempts to replicate the album art of ian and sylvia until i heard this. fucking brilliant!'

frog eyes - beefheart without the brains? itchy scratchy vocal pranks?