Review: Boston based psych/sludge/doom (riff monster) supergroup KIND boast a line up made of members featuring Matt Couto (ex-Elder), Tom Corino (ex-Rozamov), Craig Riggs (Roadsaw) and Darryl Shepard (ex-Black Pyramid) and finally return with their trudging, groovy third full-length Close Encounters. Following on from 2020's exceptional Mental Nudge, the material here sways from embracing their 70s indebted psychedelic roots to the more bombastic sludge metal motifs of the modern era, yet kept at a delicate precipice by the unashamedly retro vocal delivery.
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