Lungfish – A.C.R. 1999 LP

Lungfish – A.C.R. 1999 LP "Lungfish are a band who never really fit into any kind of “scene”. Locking into their sensuous repeato grooves with pagan psych vibes over which Dan Higgs would recite his wizardy rants, they always seemed kind of out of place on Dischord with all those spiky, exuberant punk kids, but they kept on plugging away at it, putting out mind-expanding album after album for over a decade to establish a unique and powerful aesthetic which is still influential today.This LP was recorded in 1999 but shelved at the time while the band developed new material that would become their 'Necrophones' LP (of which early versions of six tracks appear here), and as far as their material goes it's more on the rocky side of things, with some real heavy stoner vibes when they get going, but that's tempered by intuitive, chiming melodic guitar lines from Asa Osborne which still boggle my mind with their expressive, perfect simplicity. Hawkwind-esque finale 'Shapes In Space' providin