David & the Pastel Brotherhood - Album reviews by Wolfgang Krist

 Hey there music lovers ! Today I will be reviewing a once lost classic, originally recorded in 1968, but now finally released after the master tapes were discovered in a skip behind "Honest" Alf Tonks fish and seafood stall in war torn Selsey. The long player in question is "Shades of Peace", a concept album following a mans journey through a post apocalyptic world, occupied by reptillian overlords who have but one weakness, a fear of pastel shades, and exposure to them is fatal. From the opening track "Lavender Lovin", the musical direction is set, an otherworldly blend of psychedelic, folk rock and proto prog rock that the band specialised in during their all too short career. David Smiths voice has a rich and warm timbre, similar to Scott Walker if he was being tea-bagged by Clodagh Rodgers with her mouth full of trebor mints. The rest of side one is an eargasm of the highest order, setting the scene for side two and its inevitable conclusion as pastel shaded people rise up and vanquish the enemy. With Izzy Sprinkles laying down solid beats and Rusty Starr playing looping bass lines, this bands rhythm section was unique. Ace Wildmans keyboards prowess shines on this recording proving that the Bontempi organ was not just a cheap piece of shit that ended its life in the loft. David, as well as being the crooner, brings guitar work to this classic that makes grown men weep, his mind, bleeding through his guitar providing baroque chord progressions and semi classical solos. Was he searching for his own lost chord ?


David Smith

Progtastic Man !

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