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As a band they have no peers in the psych boogie groove department, drawing in influences as diverse as hard rock and stoner grooves, but always integrating them seamlessly in their own sound. A sound which can only be described as Datura4. – 100 PERCENT ROCK MAGAZINE REVIEW HERE
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Good and evil, spirituality and hedonism, the ocean, and the desert. Whatever contrast fuel Datura4’s creativity, the result is admirable and well-grounded. – POPMATTERS HERE
The title cut from Australian garage rock/psych rock outfit Datura4’s latest LP, West Coast Highway Cosmic, is the dash-pounding, air keyboard, rocking freakout this generation has long needed but was too afraid to ask for. Built on sturdy rhythms, lysergic twists and turns, and a vocal hook that won’t soon leave you, this is the […]
“Get Out” is an uptempo, rocking, middle-finger-at-full-mast sprint that owes equally to all band members. It’s a tough decision to choose either the crunchy chord progression or the Jerry Lee Lewis-esqe tack piano for track highlight. Paired with the closer, “Evil People, Pt. 1” (“Pt. 2” is on last year’s album—go figure), it makes for […]
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The band are fronted by Australian Dom Mariani a man with quite a long list of former and current bands like DM3 and The Stems. With this album, like its predecessor, the band claims the territory of 70’s boogie, citing Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Beatles as heroes. So, much choogling, interesting arrangements and melodic […]