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Krel, "Ad Astra" (Dead Earnest)

    Krel seems to be the brainchild of one keyboardist / guitarist known only 
as "Martin." According to what I've read on the Internet, they've played live 
(I'm assuming with more members) with Hawkwind and the Ozric Tentacles. This 
makes perfect sense considering the band's music - ambient synthesizers, 
astronaut sound samples, and hard-rocking jams. To me, there's not a whole 
lot here that you won't get from an Ozrics or Hawkwind record, but those 
records don't do too much for me in the first place. I expect that those into 
those kind of bands will really dig this release. There also seems to be a 
Pink Floyd kinda vibe on some tracks like "Sight Land," reminding me a little 
of Porcupine Tree (though I think Porcupine Tree put more of their individual 
stamp on their music).

    One thing that can be said about Krel though is that the band is 
particularly adept at both the spacey ambience style and the hard rock 
Hawkwind-like style. They usually keep either extreme from sounding forced 
(though the blatant Hawkwind rip-off "Satellites" seems a little forced in 
its use of one of the standard blues rhythm guitar patterns) and can 
intelligently link the two types of sections.

    I think this is primary a genre release with little appeal for people who 
already know they don't like Hawkwind / Ozrics space-rock. It'll probably 
delight quite a few of the converted, though.  ~ Adam Murphree 

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