Numinous Eye – Clockwork Moon LP

Numinous Eye – Clockwork Moon LP

"Numinous Eye return to KFJC’s library after physically returning to the pit recently chaperoning and jamming with Junzo Suzuki. Fans of the galactic guitar space jams, dripping trippy effects will be pleased. But folks looking for more song structure will enjoy Mason Jones’ interlocking guitar pieces that stumble in precision on tracks like “As You Like It” and “Building Dreams.” Something about those tight propelling riffs and Mike Shoun’s open freeway drumming hit me in old and Neu places. Kool Krautrock kicks and Hallo Gallo flashbacks! Mason adds some subliminal vocals, hushed and relaxed.

Mike’s drumming, more than motorik is the secret sauce here, as well as on recent Thee Oh Sees releases. (Well I thought for them it was the echo plex as well). This ‘s a full sound for two guys, plus bassist Stoo Odom on the B-side opener and closer. The former, “Reduced to Ash” has some nice goopy, stringy guitar slinging by Mason. And he gets a kind of sitar strain on “Dreaming in the Dusk.” The closer, “Will You Let It Fade” pilots for the center of the eternal jam. Two other quick sidebars, the album image is a great found photo of a “Numinous Eye” of sorts. And Mason needs some kind of KFJC commendation for decades of ambassador work building a link to the Japanese underground. Hoping he can help KFJC line up our first China connection for a live broadcast in 2013." -Thurston Hunger