The self-titled debut from Stockholm’s Makajodama is a glorified jam session of the highest order. Heading things up with the epic hash “Reodor Felgen Blues,” the instrumental quintet immediately gives a taste of its fondness for orchestral strings and pedal steel. Lopping forward, “Buddha and the Camel” assumes a Primus-like phrasing that liquefies into a blues-soaked psych-metal meltdown. Schizophrenic symphonies flow forth from this lysergic ensemble like the brassy fingers of dawn combing through the clouds on “The Train of Thought” and “The Girl at the Marches.” The kitchen-sink approach applies to “The Ayurvedic Soap,” which sees the ensemble throwing all manner of pulmonary drum beats and ecstatic shaker rattles into the mix.
Throughout the album, a bellyful of cello adds a sour, sorrowful note to the otherwise shamanic experience, culminating in moments of Pink Floyd-like epiphany that ring through with startling clarity. Flashing between passion and preponderance, Makajodama spills over into genres such as nu-folk, prog-rock, fake-jazz, neo-classical and a few others that haven’t even been invented yet.
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