Eschatos


Eschatos Rain 1974
Influences of rock, progressive jazz, and white soul all come together splendidly on this California male foursome's custom obscurity. A rather unique style with the main instruments being electric guitar, organ, piano, bass and drums, plus brass on about half the tracks. The production is clean and while I typically don't go for horn arrangements they're done perfectly here. 'Rubber Crutch Man' opens the album with some cool acid funk vibes and wah-wah guitar. Creative time sigs and changes along with dissonant chords crop up on tracks like 'Have You Seen' and 'Benjamin' indicating these guys have some compositional training in their backgrounds. Good electric guitar solos throughout (especially dug the echoey one on 'Nemo Whojew'). 'Lorelei Freedom' uncorks some fun rock and roll action that flashes back to Jerry Lee Lewis. A couple mellow ballads in 'White Cane Park' and 'Hallelujah'. I've been stretchin' my brains for comparisons - can't think of none! Eschatos is Greek for end times (as in eschatology). Toured some with Agape and performed at Explo '72 in Dallas. KS