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Experiments In Metaphysics was the self published debut release from Philadelphia folk singer Perry Leopold. He fused traditional music with the modern trappings of rock, avant-garde and psychedelic arrangements.
“The vocal tracks are somewhat pretentious protest songs, but the guitar playing is great that could probably be termed American primitivism. Mix that with some acid folk and it's a pretty neat album.”
“The reason for the album's staying power is apparent: the music is gorgeous, firstrate progressive folk. Perry Leopold creates a proto-gothic ambience full of dark and brooding imagery while maintaining that music's visceral punch. Like much of the youth countercultural scene of the times, Leopold can occasionally give in to mystical pretentiousness.”
“The music and lyrics are brilliant in every respect, and the psychedelic and prog influences expand the folk-rock ground into previously uncharted territory. Although obscure, this album is as good as anything recorded at the time and deserves to be re-discovered.”
“Really accomplished and well constructed acoustic folk, with a pretty strong psychedelic baseline, but nothing overt.”
“Experiment In Metaphysics shows some truly progressive and experimental songwriting, even for the time period. Each song, even the instrumental cuts, feels like a story, with beginnings and endings and all kinds of interesting ideas and storylines sandwiched in between. The album is a relic that has not lost one iota of its power.”
“Leopold was a visionary like no other. His first recording Experiment in Metaphysics explored the far reaches of knowledge and consciousness amid acoustic strumming, phylogenic lyrical rambling and the occasional spoken word repast.”
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