BUCKETHEAD — Pike 148 - Invisable Forest (review)

BUCKETHEAD — Pike 148 - Invisable Forest album cover

Album · 2015 · Non-Metal

3/5 · 2015-11-23
siLLy puPPy

PIKE 148 - INVISABLE FOREST is the 47th album released by BUCKETHEAD in 2015. Once again the chicken lover conjures up an album hovering near the thirty minute mark at 29:14 and handles all instrument duties. This one has six tracks each titled “Step” followed by a number: 1-6.

This album is quite different than the last. “Step 1” starts out with a fade-in of a drone kind of synthesized sound, then a progressive arpeggio on a guitar enters. Further on after establishing itself, a Pink Floydian space solo gently unfolds itself into the musical arena. The tempo is mid-range and it really does more like a Pink Floyd track than a BUCKETHEAD piece. A decent job but not quite to the Floyd’s level of perfection.

As with the other PIKES that i’ve heard so far that have all the tracks named the same with numbers, all of them run together to create a seamless flow of music. While the tracks run together they do change up the melody a little as they change into the next. By the time we get to “Step 2” it reminds me a lot of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” without the behemoth production and super catchy guitar line. This sounds like a cheap cover band unfortunately.

Eventually the Pink Floyd sound dissipates slowly and it becomes one of those slow ethereal albums that reminds me more of older BUCKETHEAD albums which happen to be my least favorite kinds! However fear not because the Pink Floyd inspiration comes back complete with some alt-country feel to it as well with some slide action! Well, this isn’t my favorite album either but at least this one isn’t irritating. It is actually not a bad album to hear in the background but certainly not an outstanding one that demands full attention. Overall not bad but absolutely nothing here original.

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siLLy puPPy wrote:

more than 2 years ago

Yeah, what's wrong with me? Flea collar isn't working or something. I originally started listening to tag the subgenre of each one but now i'm just curious and want to expose how bad some of these albums are so that the buying public has some idea of what to expect before they waste any money on these, however some have turned out to be quite listenable.

I would start with MONSTERS AND ROBOTS. It's the only 5 star album i've heard from him so far. I just reviewed it not too long ago.

Other albums that i like a lot are:

Giant Robot
Somewhere Over The Slaughterhouse
Bermuda Triangle
Enter The Chicken
Kaleidoscalp

i like a few others but those are his best IMHO

most of his stuff is mediocre and some is just plain crap. 60 albums last year, over 100 this year is beyond ridiculous

LittleBig wrote:

more than 2 years ago

'm amazed if not shocked how much effort you put in listening and reviewing this guys music; I've always thought what he's doing is ridiculous, he releases more than 50 albums per year. If I was to listen to let's say ONE of his albums, which would it be? :)