Cranium Pie (Fruits de Mer) - Mechanisms LP in gatefold sleeve, red vinyl
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Cranium Pie (Fruits de Mer) - Mechanisms LP in gatefold sleeve, red vinyl
Gatefold sleeve and vinyl in excellent condition
"...could easily be a great lost UK underground classic..."
...so says Nick Leese from Heyday Mail Order!
FdM fans will already know and love Cranium Pie for their single 'Baby, You're A Rch Man', their version of Brainticket's 'Blacksand' on 'Roqueting' and for their new-material single on Bracken. For some bizarre reason, Rob and the band agreed to let us release their first LP - and we are mightily chuffed. It's called 'Mechanisms', it went on sale on September 5th and it sold out immediately
'Mechanisms' is a concept album, i asked Rob what the concept is/was, and he said, "From the radioactive dust of a post apocalyptic mecha-tyranny, simple lifeforms strive to fulfill the wishes of 'the blinking eye', and create the ultimate homunculus, destined to fight for the right of the organisms", but Rob's not been well lately; basically, it tells the story of a war between robots and crayfish (we're supporting vthe crayfish). What's more, this is only the first part of the fishy saga, Part 2 will arrive next year, at which point all will become clear (probably).
I've been listening to the album on repeat i think anyone who likes classic prog bands such as Nektar and Caravan will just love it. I can also hear 70's Pink Floyd in there, maybe King Crimson, The Nice, Triumvirat, even early Orb! The band say their influences include Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, the Canterbury sound, 60s/70s psychedelia and progressive rock in general - but only Cranium Pie could pull it all together and create their own sound.
Red vinyl, lovely gatefold sleeve...we got around 400 copies to sell through our website and they all disappeared immediately
Geoff Barton (the god father of PROG!) reviews the album in the new issue of Classic Rock...
"We're used to listening to bonkers concept albums here at the prog column. Comes with the territory, obviously. Having said that, we were still surprised by Mechanisms (Part 1). which tells the tale of a civilisation of lobsters (yes lobsters) rising up against an evil tyranny of robots. Off-the-wall subject matter aside, this is a masterclass in hyper-eclectic prog, with Rob Appleton (purveyor of "synths that the stomach turn inside out and your ears reach into inifinity") and space-ace guitarist Tim Bray excelling in their respective roles.
Opening track This Was Now -Awakening of the Birds sounds like Pink Floyd playing Riders On The Storm (thermi-Doors, anyone?); Rememberrr (sic) is based on a sprawling Caravan-style keyboard solo; Zones - Mothership (Reprise) reveals that when lobsters speak they sound very much like underwater Daleks. The album reaches a claw-clenching climax with the clunky Hawkwind-isms of Run To Survive (Scuttle, surely? - Ed).
conclusion? Cranium Pie are as mad as fishes. Well, crayfishes, at any rate."
8 out of 10
'Mechanisms' is also listed as being on the Classic Rock office playlist, with the comment, ""direct from Cranium Pie's secret baking research centre in deepest subterranean Wiltshire, prog fans will relish this tale of lobsters (or possibly crayfish) rising up against an evil robotic tyranny. Im agine Caravan abandoning their Canterbury roots and going completely crustacean - if you can" ...nice
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