Dool
Summerland (2lp/marbled)
Double LP on clear/black marbled vinyl. 'Summerland' encapsulates the meaning behind this Dutch dark rock quintet's monicker. Expansive and more varied on all fronts, it represents the constant evolution that goes along with the soul's quest for ascension, resulting in a bedazzling mix of dark and post rock, Middle Eastern flourishes, psychedelia and metal. Each track displays its own identity within a loose thematic frame as summarized in the climactic title track: the struggle to find a place in this world, reaching some ultimate state mind, ecstatic pleasure and reincarnation, also inspired by Richard Matheson's novel 'What Dreams May Come' as a modern take on the Biblical cycles of hell.