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Karmic Revenge

by Dyr Faser

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Keep Talking 04:33
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Symbolized 04:06
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This Menace 04:33
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All songs written & recorded by Eric Boomhower & Amelia May
Produced by Eric Boomhower
Album art drawn by Amelia May

Reviews:

“Karma can be a bitch they say. Only on this occasion, spun out, weaved and languidly mulled over, karma is a drawn-out process of study in the barely warm rays of an occultist sun. For the Dyr Faser duo of Eric Boomhower and Amelia May stir up hermetic, drowsy and Krautrock arias under slumbered mires, and in esoteric visions of the Laurel Canyon.

The dread and gothic chthonian opener, ‘Suns Of Unseen Revival’, sets the atmosphere with the piped tubular drones of Death In June’s ‘Fall Apart’, sonorous palpitations and hints of Amon Düül II and an unholy Jefferson Airplane fragrant in the Fields Of Napalm. Yet, already by the second cut, the Boomhower voiced ‘Fun In The Sun’, the serious gloom is replaced by a kind of Californian slacker vibe of cymbal splish-splashing, ritualistic toms and a flange of the Velvet Underground, Boyd Rice And Friends, Sonic Youth and Pavement.

‘Keep Talking’ once again has May taking up the vocal mantle; channeling Grace Slick and a downer Besnard Lakes on the melting, intoxicating spell of dream-realism. ‘Symbolized’ however, motors down the BRMC and JAMC highway; thumbing a lift with Suicide’s “Ghost Rider” on a hippie biker kick. Within that leather-clad bohemian framework, there are evocations of The Stooges ‘Search And Destroy’, Jason Pierce and the sustained guitar lines, contours of Ash Ra Tempel.

Almost diaphanous, ‘Silver Night Run’ oozes a hypnotizing hallucination of acid-aria sung enchantment as its siren traces some mysterious metaphorical river trial. ‘Ghastly Vicious Acts’ is an indie-fuzz and gauzy scuzz of tumbled Spacemen 3, whilst ‘This Menace’ squalls and churns up a suitable acid-rock/krautrock mood of doom, as The Black Angels gaze on. Christ weeps from the holy mountain on the woodland fluted, but despondently mused, ‘Dead On The Vine’, and May wafts a plaintive Hackedpicciotto-esque emotive voice over a stylophone buzzing spooked ‘Despite The Party Atmosphere’ vignette. It all ends on the gristle and loose psychedelic, slipped drummed ‘Lifelike Strange’; a conclusion to a most alluring if doom-imbued album.

It turns out that Dyr Faser are rather good at mixing the esoteric krautrock of the Amon Düül family (especially the Wagnerian acid-wash and otherworldly vocals of Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz) with grunge, alt/post/space rock and doom; bridging morbid curiosities, spirals of melancholy with black sun fun, fun, fun! A great duo to discover. ”
- Monolith Cocktail (Dominic Valvona), monolithcocktail.com

“‘DYR FASER Weave A Sonic Web Of Cathartic Cacophony With Karmic Revenge’
Your favorite eclectic Electro Rawk duo from Boston is back barely 6 months out from Phantom Electric (Released in November 2022, reviewed by us here) with Karmic Revenge, an astounding step forward in the ongoing evolution of Dyr Faser.

“Suns Of Unseen Revival” is kind of ominous and kind of menacing with Amelia May channeling some Debbie Harry at the heart of this storm of chilling synths and guitars that edges closer and closer to the abyss. And that’s just the first 5 minutes of Karmic Revenge. “Fun in the Sun” adds more structure with Eric Boomhower leading on the vox as May’s flute accompaniment flutters around the downtrodden guitar tones to accent Boomhower’s sustained vocal delivery and then “Keep Talking” acknowledges May as the Lisa Gerrard to Boomhower’s Brendan Perry when it comes to Indie artistic outfits as their vocal sparring continues.

“Symbolized” is an upbeat little number fueled by some gnarly riffage that’s seemingly out of a trip curated by The Doors while “Silver Night Run” cascades across your auditory nerves all tender-like in much the same way a lullaby would gently ease you off to la la land. “Ghastly Vicious Acts” has some ’90’s Alt and Grunge within that “This Menace” carries throughout before the hypnotic psychedelia of “Dead On The Vine” takes hold.

“Despite The Party Atmosphere” is akin to Arctic Monkeys’ own “No. 1 Party Anthem” in that there’s no party to be had during either of these songs. But that’s not to say that each aren’t intriguing in their own way with “Despite…” building off this inherent, incessant buzz towards an eerie Gothic atmosphere that’s as spooky as a Vincent Price classic. Dyr Faser’s latest ends with the radiating finale that is “Lifelike Strange” which is a convergence of sounds that are both serene and screaming, eventually working itself into an entangled web of cathartic cacophony.”
- Jesse, rockandrollfables.com/dyr-faser-weave-a-sonic-web-of-cathartic-cacophony-with-karmic-revenge/

“Are you a fan of the swirling razzle dazzle of garage and bedroom pop? Perhaps you’re a devotee of folksy multi-part harmonies? Well, friend, I’ll have to ask you to move along—For Dyr Faser’s latest LP ‘Karmic Revenge’ is a cascading and discombobulated set of experimental pop and rock songs that’ll tweak the senses and perhaps disturb a passerby or two as well. But what else would you expect from the Massachusetts duo of Amelia May and Eric Boomhower.

Dyr Faser is a uniquely difficult rock n roll band to review, they’ve always been more of an experience worth taking rather than a bunch of subjective conjecture. So I’d ask you die-hard fans of dark, subversive, far-out, and distorted rock n roll (w/ a flute and stylophone here and there), then I’d say take this 10-track set for a long ride. But if you’re confined by your TikTok-intoxicated time restraints, may I suggest getting acclimated with tracks “Dead on the Vine”, “Symbolized”, “Suns of Unseen Revival” and my fave, “Ghastly Vicious Acts”.

You can tear your clothes off and stream the nonconformist ‘Karmic Revenge’ LP in full, here at the GTC.”
- Walter Price, globaltexanchronicles.com/dyr-faser-karmic-revenge/

“If you love Sonic Youth, Krautrock bands like Amon Düül II, the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, spacey guitar tones, artful feedback, haunting siren songs, candles blowing in a night breeze, romantic whispers juxtaposed with swirling dark matter, the echoes of butterfly wings as the soul ascends from a world of concrete and steel, and rock music that simultaneously embraces and challenges you... well, if so you should check out my friend Eric Bøømhower's band DYR FASER and their new album Karmic Revenge. Available for purchase or streaming anywhere you can find music via technology and the littlest of effort...!!!”
- Edwin Cannistraci

“Your music (and artwork) are unique and literally spellbinding. Wow.”
- Bev Boisseau Stohl @chomskyandmeamemoir

Live show review (O’Brien’s Pub Allston MA 7/9/23):

“When we last caught Dyr Faser it was in the backroom at Silhouette Lounge.
The twin Flying V attack returned to the stage at O’Brien’s Pub this time. And there’s a light show!
Dyr Faser delivered a kind of ranging, roving guitar exploration that kind of brushes against open form Neu highway rock, but slower and slushier, and the band reels in the sound into more recognizable pop structures.
It’s medium tempo garage psych with lyrics used more for rock n roll sloganeering than storytelling. Shades of Guv’ner. Couldn’t always tell whether they were using altered tunings or just out of tune, but it worked in a kind of Destroy All Monsters way.”
- www.humpday.news/music/live-review-obriens-pub-bitter-wish-e-dyr-faser

Review of track ‘Fun in the Sun’:

“Fun In The Sun”? It’s a hot track for summer that sounds like it was made by a band that’s never seen the light of day outside a rock n roll club. Slanted and enchanted pop hooks worming their way through a hail of hi hat fire. Major solo project Thurston Moore vibes. Is Ecstatic Peace still a thing? Someone sign Dyr Faser up!
- www.humpday.news/music/tracks-dyr-faser-fun-in-the-sun?

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released April 1, 2023

Eric Boomhower > vocals, guitar, drums, stylophone
Amelia May > vocals, guitar, flute, bow guitar

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