(2017) Headroom - Head in the Clouds

Review: 
Guitarist and experimental searcher Kryssi Battalene was already years into her craft when she formed Headroom, having put in time with the solo project Colorguard as well as playing in Mountain Movers, Heaven People, Medication, and other acts associated with New Haven, Connecticut’s fruitful outsider music scene. Much like earlier low-key cassette and online releases, the debut full-length Head in the Clouds finds Battalene’s sprawling and multifaceted guitar voyaging at the center of its songs, stretching out into territories both caustic and comforting as the album drifts from song to song. First track “How to Grow Evil Flowers” starts from nothing, the band already in full swing on a meditative groove with harsh, tremolo-soaked guitar sitting high in the mix. 
It winds on for nearly ten minutes, with squalls of fuzz and swampy noise growing and receding on top of a dirgy Kraut-blues riff before settling into a messy, spent ending. This approach shows up again on the uptempo number “The Second Blazing Star,” with Battalene’s mind-melting guitar tones guiding her band through a repetitive improvisation, riding the line between a blissful liftoff into unknown galaxies and a terrifying bad trip for its entire eight-minute duration.

Tracklist: 
01. How to Grow Evil Flowers.flac 
02. Millers Pond.flac 
03. The Second Blazing Star.flac 
04. Head in the Clouds.flac 
05. Flower of Light.flac 

Summary: 
Country: USA 
Genre: post-rock, psychedelic rock