The Gris Gris
Mary #38 7''
Birdman
2004
Rating: 6.5 distant skies out of 10
More prototypical psych rock from the Bay Area's Gris Gris, the modern founders of the movement that brought so much attention to that area via Wooden Shjips, one of Ty Segall's thousand projects, and numerous other acts. The title track on side A is real solid, and also available on their self-titled debut album that came out the same year. For my money the other side "Baby You're Mine Now," despite having a title like a pre-war blues song, is mediocre at best.
The Gris Gris
For the Season 7''
Birdman
2005
Rating: 6 perfect matches out of 10
To pull straight from the entry for this record on Discogs: "Companion EP to "For The Season" full length featuring acoustic version of
"Pick Up Your Raygun" and three exclusive tracks not available
elsewhere." I mean, that kind of sums it up. Always dug the Gris Gris, especially live, but this isn't the greatest representation of them. Not awful, just...yeah. Live they had a great heavy, heady psyche sound, but this recording is almost whimsical.
