Friday, March 7, 2014

Causa Sui - Live at Freak Valley Festival

Freak Valley festival is an annual 3 day festival in Germany of metal, stoner and psychedelic rock.  Essentially it's 50 or so bands who have all been inspired by Kyuss and Sabbath, most hailing from Scandinavia or Germany.  Pretty much my dream vacation.
Check out the website here: http://rockfreaks.de/festival/.  This year some of my favourites like Truckfighters, Motorpsycho and Papir will be headlining.  Not that I can understand most of the website or the emails I get from their listserv.  Yes, I used to live in Germany but it's been a looong time.
Last year, apparently one of the best shows was by a band called Causa Sui, a stoner jam band from Denmark who never cease to blow my mind.  They are a four-piece who essentially take the blues-metal theme and expand it into a layered and structured psychedelic jam for every track.  There a very obvious nods to Kyuss in their choice of guitar pedals and riffs, which is a big plus for an old fan like me.  They do it well most of the time and they do it without a vocalist.
They have just released their 8th album, a live recording of last year's performance at Freak Valley.  Here's a clip:
Enjoy!

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