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...by now they surely need no introduction...and if you dont know them by now, then..pfft...to you...you've missed out...!

BUT... all is not lost for you minions who are new to this phenomenon called MACROCOSMICA, because Arkade Projects bring to you, the aberdeen leg of their new album 'Farewell To Earth' album launch...on SAT AUG 13TH...*somewhere* in Aberdeen (!) keep yer eyes peeled for more info on the secret location!

here's a couple of cracking reviews of their new album to wet your appetite...

ORGAN
ALBUM OF THE WEEK REVIEW, MAY 2005
MACROCOSMICA
Farewell To Earth (Trepanner Headmusic Company)

We love the edge that Macrocosmica have, that tightrope walking they do somewhere near a galaxy just left field of planet stoner prog space rock. And how good is that ending to Five Wrongs? A new eight track CD from the fine fine Scottish cult band, we’ve been waiting for this one to drop. You see, you have to let Macrocosmica seep through the walls of your mind and your body, you have to let them in - once they do get inside, they’ll rip you apart and run off with all your parts (and your hearts) and take them and you to all the best places. Ah look, we can write a million smartarse wordy words and dish up a cleaver chin stroking Wire type review or we can cut the crap and tell you what we really have here. Macrocosmica are one of the finest bands out there, think an X factor laced combination of MC5, 70’s style jazzy Sabbath, Van Der Graaf Generator, Big Black, Swans, Monster Magnet, Sonic Youth, classic free flowing early Hawkwind, St Vitus, Mogwai, Peach/Suns Of The Tundra, Fugazi – a fine fusion of space, prog and jazzy stoner rock that bites just right. Of course none of this would mean a thing if Macrocosmica didn’t have that magical X factor and weren’t a band of the highest highest quality (anyone can take from their record collection and sound half good, this is far more than that). There’s a lot of musical pedigree here, amongst their number is Brendon O’Hare (ex-Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai and the brilliant Telstar Ponies), and Keith Beacom and Gordon Brady from heavy psyche outfit Bangtwister. Cerwyss O’Hare adds another more delicate dimension when her angelic voice takes her turn at the front. Heavy fuzzy jazzy progressive psychedelic rock, clever arrangements, warm melodies, galloping passages - ah yes, Macrocosmica are one of the very best bands out there, the furious thrilling real deal and this may well be their best album yet. Proper heavy prog rock


IS THIS MUSIC
ALBUM REVIEW 'FAREWELL TO EARTH'
JUNE 2005

To fully rock, you need to harness the power of the riff. If you forge your sound out of molten riff, you will truly rock. Macrocosmica, then, are the kings and queen of rock. Equal parts Black Sabbath's 70s metal lunacy and Shellac's 90s hardcore insanity, this line-up's second record explores the dark recesses of Brendan O'Hare's frazzled mind, with wife and bassist Cerwyss sharing vocal duties. The precision of the rhythym section is carved from the strongest bedrock, providing the strongest foundation for the riff - guitar and bass in unison, meshing perfectly with the drums. Gordon Brady's four dimensional lead guitar is at his ever-inventive best - nanoscopic shards slicing through; sine, cosine and tangent waves of wah cutting the sound apart. And the songwriting, often the antithesis of metal, is even better than on 2002's Art of the Black Earth - opener 'Crater Style' exploding from a single point of sci-fi noise into a psychotic, military precision hardcore stomp, before settling back into a gentle refrain, and resolving in a pulsing crescendo. 'The Casket's' seamless switching between acoustic introspection and bruising emo intensity. While there are only 8 tracks on the album, it feels like so many more, such is the level of invention - think what would've happened if Brian Wilson invented hardcore. If there were any justice in the world, Macrocosmica would be bigger than the Darkness. And it would be justice for all.

check out www.macrocosmica.org.uk for more info and mp3's