King Buffalo - Acheron


Today we're listening to King Buffalo's 2nd pandemic album Acheron (pronounced "ack," not "ash" because admit it, you weren't sure). We'll listen to the first and 3rd at some point, i just wanted to highlight some of the truly bizarre things about this album. 

First, this is an LP with only 4 songs on it. You'd think that would make it an EP with super long songs, but nope, this is a full on Storytime album about waking up in a cave, setting sail, and getting shipwrecked and having to fight Cerberus like Perseus on his way to slay Medusa. It's like the short, short version of their first 4 albums. 

Second, this album was recorded in a cave. Now look, i'm not saying they stole my idea, but i am going to point out that the joke about my 2018 EP I Hear The View Is Lovely (3 years before this 2021 album) was that i spent $45,000 recording it in a cave in Norway when in actuality i recorded the entire thing on a used Epiphone SG i paid $80 for while staring at the actual brick wall depicted on the cover. 

Which one's better? Theirs, obviously, but that's not the point. The point is that i've been adrift way longer than King Buffalo and i say kudos to you single-headed deer for actually doing it. 

There's really not much to say, it's just killer riff after flashing kaleidoscope on the back of your eyelids stoner-space-psych-doom after screaming guitar solo. If you can't love this then your brain is malfunctioning. I mean, yes, it very much sounds like it was recorded in a cave, and that's why people generally suggest you don't actually, but the album starts out with you waking up in a cave so i have absolutely no argue whatsoever. It's certainly not any more ridiculous than Mastodon recording an acoustic show in an aquarium, and we'll leave it at that. Good e'en to you all.

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