Yeti - AMON DUUL II**

Soap Shock Rock/She Came Through The Chimney/Archangels Thunderbird/Cerberus/The Return Of Ruebezahl/Eye Shaking King/Pale Gallery/Yeti/Yeti Talks To Yogi/Sandoz In The Rain

The double LP Yeti was the follow up album from the avant-garde German band Amon Duul II. It mixes some shorter blues-rock songs with other extended instrumental pieces featuring obligatory noodling.

“Catchy riffs and drum beats maintain a sense of accessibility which a ton of guitar and violin soloing drives forward the improvisational nature of the music. But most important is the overall ambiance and feel of the music. The songs themselves are a mixture of shorter composed pieces and longer jams.”

“Sides B, C and D are mostly comprised of innovative free-form space-rock/krautrock jams. Side A has extremely tedious and annoying blues-rock songs.”

“A lot of these songs, while long, complex, and experimental, are also full of thunderous drumming and heavy-riffing guitars, overlaid by the haunting vocals.”

“During the first half, the band attempt to entertain the listeners with a couple of rock songs, which, in the best psychedelic tradition, are always on the verge of falling apart, as the guitars seem to play against rather than with each other. The instrumentals are not quite as accessible, but they show a lot of variation, which keeps up the interest, even though it's sometimes hard to keep apart interesting solos from aimless noodling.”

“Duul's potent, mystical, doom-laden sound is most effective on this epic double album. Beginning with a hysterical suite and ending with apocalyptic slow burning atmospheric pieces straight from the top of Krautrock Mountain.”

“There's a lot of 60s psych influence here, with an electrical, sizzling sound coming from the guitars. The vocals are still completely deranged, especially on far-out jams like Cerberus or the fantastic Eye-Shaking King. And of course, the band are still capable of taking insane voyages into the depths of space, with cosmic rockers like Yeti. Then there are some traditional prog rockers such as Sandoz In The Rain, with some flute action fresh from the Tull academy.”

“Amon Duul II's second record is a double album monument of dark European soundscapes that possess Led Zeppelin heaviness without an over-reliance on the blues or a dependency on rock clichés.”