The Universe By Ear: Only one big bang?

The Universe By Ear is a psychedelic brain blues trio from Basel in Switzerland.

Where is it written that there can only be a big bang? In the spring of 2015, the day just 13.8 billion years after the first, The Universe By Ear have initiated a second big boom. Since then, the basses have been tearing black holes into space, rocking the drums like endless comets through weightlessness, and drawing the guitar’s fire stripes to the sky.

Three daring Basel musicians have come together to lead this rock where no one has ever set foot on the ground: a complex, colorful, surprising, hard, melodic landscape and a cosmos, in improvised free fall exists next to structured form. The track Follow The Echo,

Eyes Closed: Now we’re exploring the universe with hearing!

Between superlatives and acknowledged stubbornness, many respects have been sent to The Universe By Ears over the past two years. The Swiss prog-ensemble has certainly put on its self-titled debut some clear exclamation that modern sound, classic progressive rock and psychedelic jams fit perfectly under one hat, if one approaches only with the necessary dedication to the cause.

On the second disc, simply named II, the band now continues on the course that has been taken. The new tracks also thrive on unusual choirs, extraordinary arrangements, even more untypical style summaries and atmospheric twists, in which, surprisingly, the band never compromises their need for harmony. The track Bad Boy Boogie,

The twelve new compositions sound as if the Beatles  would take visual lessons at King Crimson and, incidentally, sip in the Led Zeppelin catalog with a few drinks – or vice versa. The content combinations are manifold and enter the Independent sector, taking alternate pieces and not shying away from turning Britpop elements through the mathematical meat grinder that defines the peculiar structures of The Universe By Ear.

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