the album is enormously complex and yet conveys an effortlessness unique to Basho

" "Cremation of Ghat I

this collection serves to exalt the strength of Spacemen 3’s songwriting over the atmospherics and production assemblage that would permeate their later efforts

occult electronics

LaMonte Young etc

SHOVELS - s/t LP Stoner the album is enormously complexShovels isnt the greatest name for a band. It conveys a utilitarian image of work, a tool associated mainly with drudgery, unless it is the rare instance when one geezer bashes another geezer in the head and its Exhibit A in a murder case. Then it may conjure some genuine appeal. So it is interesting why a band on a stellar label like Homeless would arrive at such a handle. Shovels are part post punk, experimental and white noise psych, as you listen