Tumuli Shroomaroom Explained

Tumuli Shroomaroom
Type:Studio
Artist:Acrimony
Cover:Tumuli Shroomaroom Album Cover.jpg
Caption:2007 reissue cover on Leaf Hound Records
Released:1997
Recorded:1–30 June 1996
Studio:Square Centre Studios, Nottingham
Genre:Doom metal, stoner rock
Length:65:28
Label:Peaceville
Producer:Andy Sneap
Prev Title:The Acid Elephant
Prev Year:1995
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Next Year:2007

Tumuli Shroomaroom is the second full-length studio album from Welsh stoner rock/doom[1] [2] band Acrimony. It was released in 1997 on Peaceville Records.

Critical reception

AllMusic's Eduardo Rivadavia called it "of the all-time classic stoner rock albums ever" and also said that it "makes for remarkably immediate listening, unveiling its otherworldly glories to all those who dare enter the mushroom." Kerrang! gave the album a top mark five-Ks review.[3] [4] The album made it to the 1997 list of Kerrang! albums of the year.[5] In 2019, Paul Travers from Kerrang! included the album as one of 16 essential rock and metal albums that still aren't on Spotify. He continued, "Tumuli Shroomaroom might or might not be what Boris Johnson shouts on climax, but it’s also another great underrated gem from the Brit stoner scene. Want fuzz? Riffs? Hip-shaking grooves? You'll find them here but you'll have to go and look for it.".[6] Simon Young from the same magazine said that while Acrimony is still an underrated band, the album "Tumuli Shroomaroom remains a perfect record to play while firing up that skull-shaped bong".[7]

In November 2019, Tumuli Shroomaroom was reissued as a 3CD digipack and remastered edition by the Dutch music label Burning World Records.

Track listing

All music written by Acrimony; all lyrics written by Paul Bidmead and Dorian Walters.

  1. "Hymns to the Stone" – 9:07
  2. "Million Year Summer" – 4:49
  3. "Turn the Page" – 1:45
  4. "Vŷ" – 6:00
  5. "Find the Path" – 4:07
  6. "The Bud Song" – 4:57
  7. "Motherslug (The Mother of All Slugs)" – 11:05
  8. "Heavy Feather" – 9:59
  9. "Firedance" – 13:17

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC Wales – Acrimony . 10 December 2007 . BBC Wales . Acrimony were formed in Swansea in 1991 and were arch exponents of the stoner/metal/psych crossover... . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214140921/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/ . 14 December 2007 . live .
  2. Web site: Leafhound Records – Acrimony biography . 10 December 2007 . Leafhound Records . Leafhound Records . [Acrimony were] among the first exponents of the UK stoner scene… . https://archive.today/20071215005357/http://www.leafhound.com/band/acrimony/bio.html . 15 December 2007 . dead . dmy-all.
  3. Web site: BBC Wales – Acrimony . 10 December 2007 . BBC Wales . Their second album Tumuli Shroomaroom was critically acclaimed, scooping the top mark five-Ks review in Kerrang! magazine. . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214140921/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/ . 14 December 2007 . live .
  4. Web site: Kerrang! The Ultimate Rock Encyclopedia: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . 15 January 2019 . .
  5. Web site: Kerrang! End of Year Lists . 15 January 2019 . Kerrang! .
  6. Web site: Kerrang! 16 ESSENTIAL ROCK AND METAL ALBUMS THAT STILL AREN'T ON SPOTIFY . 15 January 2019 . Kerrang! .
  7. Web site: Kerrang! 20 BANDS WHO DIDN'T GET THE RESPECT THEY DESERVED . 15 January 2020 . Kerrang! . dmy-all.

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