Alexander Tucker
In which the dangers of mushrooms are exposed
Yeah, I’ve known a few people who’d tried out mushrooms for a buzz. Not, not those mushrooms, but actual fungi growing in the wild. They’d go out with a mycology book and look for mushrooms which had hallucinogenic properties. You may wonder as to why someone would actually go through all that trouble. Well, being a cheap bastard will make people do a lot of things.
To be honest, I never really embarked in these hunts out of fear of ingesting something nasty, like coming across a fairy ring of ivory funnels and mistaking them for something else. See, the poison in ivory funnels makes you sweat, salivate, and tear up in abundance, turning you into a living water park. Good for a couple of giggles until, you start getting blurred vision and diarrhoea and die.
Seems to me that embarking upon really trippy sensory moments can be achieved easily (and safely!) through some really good songs, especially by listening to some Alexander Tucker. His Veins To The Sky is, in all regards, a folk song. A couple of shimmering six-strings strum their warm, crystalline melody, all the while accompanied by the soft texture of violins buzzing about. However, Tucker’s folkishness is submerged by an eclectic curve which sinews hypnotically throughout the song; this psychedelic weave yields sudden bursts of polyphonic resonance which provide a cryptic elegance to Veins, while immaculately complementing Tucker’s own arcane vocals. It’s a singular work of great thought and meticulous strokes, instilled with vapourous bewilderment which mutates from one of the most challenging songs you’ll hear this year, to one of the most significant.
And one which doesn’t require a ready supply of atropine to enjoy.
MP3: Alexander Tucker - Veins To The Sky
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