Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - Does The Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2020)

With a band as prolific and expansive as the Acid Mothers Temple, it’s somewhat difficult to select a “typical” release to settle on, and perhaps (perhaps not) Does The Cosmic Shepherd Dream Of Electric Tapirs? is as good as any as a starting point for the uninitiated. The album opens with a kosmische wind and wibbling analogue synths, mysterious voices from the aether and a sense of psychedelic foreboding, so the ingredients for a lengthy trip are there from the off. In fact, by the time “Daddy’s Bare Meat” kicks in to full Space Rock effect, it’s clear that the ride on Cosmic Shepherd is going to be far from easy, as a Free Rock spasm is soon engaged, the sound becoming drenched in lysergic howls and analogue squitters, drums clattering downstairs to the cellarfull of rambling bass growls.

Tracklist:
01. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - Daddy's Bare Meat (08:20)
02. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - Suzie Sixteen (04:36)
03. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - Hello Good Child (08:01)
04. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - The Assassin's Beautiful Daughter (09:02)
05. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - Dark Star Blues (25:13)
06. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - The Transmigration of Hop Heads (18:25)