Rainbow

2007 collaboration album between the Japanese Sludge Rock trio and psych guitarist Michio Kurihara (White Heaven). It's not an unlikely combination, but who thought it would happen? Yet they play with such fantastic harmony. Rainbow is not just a perfect combination; it is a meeting place, with all players aligned in a singular cause: to make a album that elevates us and them. For such a formidable combine of noise-making Rock and Rollers, there is much open space in Rainbow. Sometimes akin to a topless chasm extending forth into the firmament, Rainbow is also a horizonless atmosphere, with Boris' spacious trio creation scorched by traces of Kurihara's skywriting guitar leads. Make no mistake: Rainbow is not without its moments of speaker-shredding intensity. Opening with the powerful cry of 'Rafflesia', the album flashes through dynamic moments, with short Pop songs providing interludes to lengthy expeditions. In other words, Rainbow is a heavy rock album with classically melodic aims.