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01. The Lucid Dream - Coalescence
02. The Lucid Dream - CHI-03
03. The Lucid Dream - Leave Me In The Dark
04. The Lucid Dream - Fight To Survive
05. The Lucid Dream - Sunrise
06. The Lucid Dream - High And Wild
ARTIST
TITLE
The Deep End
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
HAY 014CD HAY 014CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/13/2021

Following on from 2018's acclaimed Actualisation (HAY HAY 012CD/LP/C-LP), The Deep End builds upon the acid house influences of the former but ventures into many new paths. Hip-hop, techno, drum n' bass and other "genres" sneak into the creative palette whilst also staying true to the band mantra of throwing the rule book out of the window, as far as "genres" or "boundaries" are concerned. The album was penned over the Spring of 2019 by Mark Emmerson (vocals/guitar/synths). Again, Roland 303/808 synths, bass and vocals were key tools for writing, whilst the Roland SH01a found its way onto the team sheet, as well as a sampler for the first time. Recording commenced in March 2019, the ethos being rehearsing and recording a track as soon as it was written with mixing taking place on each track shortly after. By July 2019 85% of the album was completed, the final track laid down in January 2020. Lead track "CHI-03" gives the album its first sucker punch moment. A track born out of listening to late '80s hip-hop records on loop before allowing the 303 to take on the co-lead vocal role alongside the addition of the sampler. A beat again designed to make people move, with enough Lucid sonics to stamp the band signature. "Leave Me In The Dark" takes a seven-minute journey that taps into places the band have been before. No mean feat when that is a melting pot of dub, drum 'n' bass, jungle, and raw power. "Fight To Survive" has a beat the belongs in '80s New York, keys more suited to the East Coast counterparts of the time, another statement. "Sunrise" then takes the album on another tangent. The Lucid Dream tapped into acid house on Actualisation, but this track is acid/Balearic in its purest form. "High And Wild" closes the album. The nine minutes within don't share the optimism and "highs" displayed in the 35 minutes prior but doesn't suffer any for it either. The most "conventional" and only guitar-based song on the album, this track won't be found near a dancefloor. "... when they go pedal-to-metal it rarely fails." --MOJO "The Lucid Dream are rapidly becoming major players in an ever-increasingly crowded psych scene ... utterly seductive." --The Quietus