Andromeda – ANDROMEDA***

Too Old/Day Of The Change/And Now The Sun Shines/Turn To Dust/Return To Sanity/The Reason/I Can Stop The Sun/When To Stop

Self titled sole album from the British psychedelic rock group Andromeda. Their lead singer would move on to form the moderately successful early 1970s rock group Atomic Rooster.

“Although this band only recorded one album they are definitely no one-hit wonder. It's remarkable how creative the songs are on this album and how modern and fresh many of them still sound. Andromeda are by far one of the best hard-blues rock/psychedelic bands I've ever heard. Although they have a tendency to jam and go over the top at times, most of the songs are excellent. From ballads to hard blues, this is definitely worth buying for anyone who appreciates good, pre-'70s hard rock.”

“These are songs that showcase John DuCann just prior to joining up with Atomic Rooster. I don't think I'm making an overstatement when I say that DuCann is quite a talented songwriter as well as performer. A true slice of psychedelic heaven with plenty of brilliant guitar work.” ,p> “Andromeda were a spectacular band who felt like they wanted to take The Hollies vocal style and combine it with some extremely heavy blues rock and psychedelic elements, and it works pretty well. The melodies are quite catchy, the guitar playing is always top notch, and the rhythm section sounds really cool when the band wants to jam out a little.”

“The end of the 60s must've been quite a time. So much great music, so many bands' drank from the same trough under the spell of some mystic adventurous muse. Who created what first becomes meaningless. All were under the influence. Andromeda were one of those bands. Psychedelic, progressive, hard rock - the listener is taken on a musical journey sometimes ethereal, sometimes unpolished.”

“The music in this album is heavy psychedelic/progressive rock with very guitar driven sound on some of the tracks. Return To Sanity is a fine example, but I could pick just about any of these because the songs are all very neat. Although the overall sound is pretty heavy psych oriented, there are some beautiful gentle parts as well, which give this album a nice balance and more diversity.”