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THE GALILEO 7 "Tear Your Minds Wide Open" (Damaged Goods DAMGOOD484LP/CD)
Brand new limited edition vinyl LP + bonus CD. Factory-sealed from new!
"Hearing the Galileo 7 with fresh lugs, they’re a hell of a combo. This, their fifth album (counting the scorching “Live-o-Graphic” set), sounds like the work of a quartet of twenty-somethings – it’s high-energy, psychedelic garage rock’n’roll, replete with catchy, memorable tunes, seriously gnarly guitar, darkly humourous lyrics, four-part harmonies, Viv’s searing organ, Paul’s pin-point bass work and gloriously crash, bang, wallop drums, in a Keith Moon meets Thom Mooney (The Nazz) vein. The latter comes courtesy of longtime Galileo 7 bassist Mole (The Embrooks / State Records), whose shift to the drum seat has really kicked everything up a notch – his dynamite sticksmanship and stellar backing vox really bring out the best in the band – from the kinetic opener, “Cold Hearted Stowaway”, to the vinyl album’s elegiac closing track, “Nobody Knows Anything”, they’re firing on all cylinders.
And everything sounds fantastic, too, clear yet punchy as hell, thanks to a typically trad Medway approach to recording, albeit informed by new technology. Everything was recorded live to eight-track in rehearsal, playing as a band, then overdubbed at home, in Allan and Viv’s cellar studio, which even boasts its own Hammond (“and it’s never coming up out of there!” he says), meaning that the album sounds exactly as intended – maximum impact, not too glossy and undeniably exciting. It stands should-to-shoulder with such footlong Medway classics as The Prisoners’ “The Last Forefathers” and The Milkshakes’ “After School Session” – it’s just SO RIGHT!" —Joss Hutton
Tracks:— LP Cold Hearted Stowaway One Lie at a Time Mystery Train Too Much Choice The Mask Live For Yesterday You Tear My Mind Wide Open The God of Gaps The Habit Machine Everything Keeps Coming Round Again Your Face Tomorrow Nobody Knows Anything
CD Cold Hearted Stowaway One Lie at a Time Mystery Train Too Much Choice The Mask Live For Yesterday You Tear My Mind Wide Open The God of Gaps The Habit Machine Everything Keeps Coming Round Again Your Face Tomorrow Nobody Knows Anything The Girl In The Glass Case (bonus track)