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Ship Of Fools - 'Let's Get This Mother Outta Here' (Snapper)

Mike Reed | USA | 12/20/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"'Let's Get...' is basically nine tracks from the Yorkshire band's two lp's they released in the early '90's,'Close Your Eyes' and 'Out There Somewhere'.Ship Of Fools are best described as smoothly played progressive psych,or some may just tag them as trippy festival-like space rock.Tunes I liked best were "L=SD 2","First Light",the fourteen-minute atmospheric "From Time" and "Passage By Night".The line-up for this short-lived UK ensemble was:Les Smith-keyboards(now in Cradle Of Filth),Andy Banks-guitar,Sputnik-bass and Mick Reed-drums.Great to listen to late at night.Should appeal to most fans of earlier Pink Folyd,Ozric Tentacles and Porcupine Tree."

Hallucinogenic Architectures

abyssmagazine@sapo.pt | 02/07/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"From Yorkshire, England, Ship Of Fools are My Dying Bride's lunatic neighbours by excellence. The band was created around '92 & has released two full-length albums via Dreamtime Records (a small sister label of Peaceville), now what we have here is a retrospective album combining the best moments of hallucinogenic trips newly remixed & digitally remastered.
For those of you not aware, Ship Of Fools was a mind-altering project counting with, among other mentally deranged members, Les Smith. Who later went on to join Cradle Of Filth, and is currently a part of Anathema's line-up.
The old days seemed rather joyful for the band playing every free party, festival & rave in the country. Constructing animated architectures on the audience, a slow dance of golden lights near to what Huxley would call the miracle of mescaline, the gazing twist in the universe of objective facts, the tearing of the abstract perception.
I'm sure this is a definite prescription from British psychiatric halls, a divine taste of what experimentalism is capable of inducing, and certainly very fascinating for those bored with the growing Metal scene. The images reproduced through the various audio ambiences is a rich melting pot of coloured landscapes and varied geometries. Most of the stuff is instrumental, with some minor samples here n' there to evoke a particular mood. Personally, I find Ship Of Fools very relaxing and good to listen while working or arranging a pile of papers hanging around my desk for weeks; they truly give a kick on you get high or trip somehow. Really, it's not annoying and gives a sense of acid inner-peace somehow running through your head and coming back to puzzle your thoughts & memories.
"Let's Get This Mother Outta Here" might be a wonderful discovery for the more spaced-out listeners, willing to transcend the limits of audio chemistry and even their own neurones, my suggestion is to give a it a try & discover for yourself what lies beyond such awkward mental conceptions.
Abyss Magazine @ Nuno M. [CR]"