Earthling Society - Ascent To Godhead (2017)

Pretty much the number one band for truly psychedelic music these days, Earthling Society are also pretty prolific. Granted, previous release Zen Bastard was a re-recording of older songs, so to counteract that we now have an album of new songs, mere months later. You could maybe forgive them for any drop in quality but on the basis of Ascent To Godhead, they seem to be on a bit of a roll.

Not that Earthling Society have ever released anything subpar. They’re not that kind of band, and main man Fred Laird keeps a steady ship through not just Earthling music but also the many offshoots. It’s led to a body of work which is somewhat of a maze, this time there is no exit though, it’s a place to get lost in. Added to this body is now Ascent To Godhead which may in fact be there most out-there album yet and their crowning glory.

Surprisingly it starts off with another old song, ‘Levitate Me’. A song originally written in 2009, this full on glam stomper that takes everything great about MC5 and The Stooges and wraps it up in a celebratory vision of glorious space-rock, is the perfect follow on from the Zen Bastard album. It’s also the closest you’ll get to normality so cling on to it while you can as things get very weird from now on.