Earth "Pentastar (30th Anniversary)" 2023-02-24 by Peter Hall

by Peter Hall

ska and rocksteady and was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style

The follow-up to 5 Years Behind (a 2020 release praised by Under the Rader as a "dazzling debut album

" The band is tightly wound

All of the truly transformative and era-defining albums have grappled with questions that are a world away from the bland bleating of homogenized pop

Earth "Pentastar (30th Anniversary)" 2023-02-24 by Peter HallThis 30th anniversary edition is on green vinyl, and features a limited edition wraparound art print with a reinterpretation of the album cover by contemporary artists Matt McCormick. Earth's third album, 1996's Pentastar: In the Style of Demons, is a classic of languid riff worship, oozing with a thick, fuzzed out goop that melts together Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Hendrix, drone, and ambient music. The result feels like a long, lonely drive through