SO IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, I THINK THA TRUEST GANGSTA MUSICIAN ALIVE IS JOSHUA BURKETT OUT IN WESTERN MASS! HE CO-PYMPS THA MYSTERY TRAIN RECORD STORE IN AMHERST, MA! HE MAKES THA MOST INCREDIBLE ALBUMS YOU MAY HAVE EVER LISTENED TO! YOU GOTS TO GET A COPY HIS NEW RE-RELEASED ALBUM LIFE LESS LOST ON GOLDEN LAB RECORDS! SHIT CHANGED THA HURRICANE'S LIFE!
HE ALSO RUNS A RECORD LABEL CALLED MYSTRA! HE HAS BEEN DOING ALL SORTS OF RELEASES OF INSANE SPIRITUAL ALBUMS AND ALSO COMPILATION ALBUMS OF MUSICANS ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND AND SOMETIMES THE WORLD, MOSTLY COVERING SONGS BY SPECIFIC BANDS THAT HE PICKS!
HE HAS RECENTLY JUST RELEASED MYSTRA #16 WHICH IS VAN MORRISON COVERS ON SIDE A AND BLACK SABBATH COVERS ON SIDE B! IT IS AWESOME!
SIDE A, THA VAN SIDE HAS MOSTLY PSYCHED OUT MELLOW JAMS AND BEAUTIFUL INTENSE PSYCH BALLADS! SOME TRIPPY ASS JAMS! HOLY VOCALS, GUITARS, AND ORGANS! A LOT OF THE BANDS AND PERFORMERS ON THESE SONGS ARE USING NEW NAMES SO THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY ACTUALLY ARE BUT THA SHIT IS TIGHT! COLBY NATHAN IS ON THERE OF HYENA AND THE NEW ENGLAND PUBIOTS! AND TED LEE, THA GODFATHER AND OWNER OF FEEDING TUBE! A GREAT SIDE!
SIDE B, THA SABBATH SIDE GET MORE HEAVY AND INTENSE STARTING WITH THA HOLY PREGGY PEGGY, WHO OWNS AND RUNS WIERDO RECORDS IN CAMBRIZZLE! THA HURRICANE LOVES TA URINATE IN THA GARDEN OF THA CRACKA APARTMENTS NEXT DOOR TO THERE! VILLAGE OF SPACES FROM MAINE HAS A ROCKIN COVER OF WAR PIGS! SORE EROS IS ON HERE DOIN A NICE OLD SCHOOL TYPE JAM! AND THEN THA HOLY PEACE,LOVING COMES ON WITH A GANGSTROUS AND PUBIFIED TAPE AND GUITAR JAM! THEN SOME FAR OUT PSYCH FOLK JAMS ROUND IT OUT AT THA END!
IF YOU LIKE PSYCH FOLK, LUBED NOISE AND ROCK JAMS, AND LOVE WESTERN MASS YOU BEST PICK A COPY OF THIS UP AT A LOCAL NEW ENGLAND RECORD STORE OR ON THA INTRONET @ http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/218731102 ! HOLLA AT YO BOY!
HAPPY 2015!
--FRANK HURRICANE