Yage (F.S.O.L.) – The Woodlands of Old

Downright bizarre music courtesy of Future Sound of London’s Brian Dougans. Acoustic electronica is one way to describe it. Freaky is another. Brilliant comes to mind too. The Woodlands of Old seamlessly blends rock psychedelia, world, jazz, and ambience into a vision quest through elemental rain forests and inky streets. Sometimes I wonder if the Future Sound of London have driven right off the cliff, but then you always suspect they are just one step away from another triumph. They always keep you guessing. Whiplash funk like ‘Crow Hushing the Floating Woods’ and ‘The Yage Letters’ suck you right up into their madness with a grin. All that’s missing is more of that acid house joy from ‘Papua New Guinea.’ I can hear those same birds chirping for a new dawn.