Last Patrol [Limited Edition Digipak]

by Monster Magnet

Overview

New Jersey's Monster Magnet have been cranking out their signature blend of FM doom rock and cosmic stoner metal since the late '80s, and releasing fat slabs of it every three years since 1991, which makes 2013's Last Patrol the venerable band's tenth long-player. Less sonically brutal than 2011's Mastermind, yet still seismic enough to bear the weight of the Monster Magnet moniker, Dave Wyndorf and company have crafted another late-period gem that sounds like an amalgam of the 13th Floor Elevators, Mark Lanegan, Ten Years After, and Mastodon. "I Live Behind the Clouds" ("Nothing's important, yet everything is/If there ain't no photo, I just don't exist") starts things out on a heady note, easing into the action like a snake poking its head of its den, before lunging into the desert proper on the dusty title cut, a nine-minute epic that slithers its way into your skull and sets up camp. A Sabbath-smacked take on Donovan's Middle Eastern-tinged "Three Kingfishers" shows the band's musical versatility hasn't lost a beat over the years, as does the bongo and synth-driven "The Duke of Supernature," a sleazy tale of sex and dark magic that wouldn't sound out of place on a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club LP. Last Patrol ties things up nicely with the one-two punch of "Strobe Light Beatdown" and "One Dead Moon," the former a blistering garage rock rager and the latter a midnight power ballad that shakes its fist at the inky blue and then disappears into its gaping maw. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2013
Label:	Napalm Records
UPC:	0819224016724
Rank:	137699

Tracks

1. I Live Behind the Clouds
2. Last Patrol
3. Three Kingfishers
4. Paradise
5. Hallelujah
6. Mindless Ones
7. The Duke (Of Supernature)
8. End of Time
9. Stay Tuned
10. Strobe Light Beatdown
11. One Dead Moon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Monster Magnet   Primary Artist
Bob Pantella   Drums,Percussion
Philip Caivano   Bass,Guitar
Dave Wyndorf   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Garrett Sweeny   Sitar,Guitar

Technical Credits

John Sumrow   Cover Art,Paintings
Philip Caivano   Composer,Producer
Matt Hyde   Additional Production
Dave Wyndorf   Composer,Producer
Joe Barresi   Mixing
Ryan Smith   Mastering
Jun Murakawa   Assistant
Ryan Clark   Design
Donovan Leitch   Composer
Chris Ryall   Art Consultant
Joe DeMaio   Assistant