helios creed Deep Blue Love Vacuum (CD, £9.95)

Helios Creed’s solo career is almost as legendary as the legacy he left with his original band Chrome. Psych guitar was redefined in the late 80’s when his first album came out, only to be followed by a string of classic albums on Amphetamine Reptile and constant touring around the world. There was a bit of a break in his output before “Deep Blue Love Vacuum”, but Helios was far from idle, as this album was quickly labelled “his best solo album to date” by Byron Coley and Thurston Moore in their review in San Francisco’s Arthur Magazine. Featuring another former Chrome collaborator Fabienne Shine, as well as J.D. Pinkus from the Butthole Surfers, this album is as far out as anything he has ever done. Pure space travelling bliss. The album also features a tribute to the Velvet Underground with a cover of “All Tomorrow’s Parties” which proved to be the show stopping song on the “Deep Blue” tour. The song starts off as a straight cover, only to burst into a blistering psychedelic guitar solo for the last 3 minutes. TRACK LISTING 1. Intro (Deep Blue Love Vacuum) 2. Beginning of Light 3. Got To Have Someone 4. Sandbox Jungle 5. Fields of Green 6. Help Me Bitch 7. All Tomorrow’s Parties 8. Another Dimension 9. Tell Me Your Name 10. Harry J. Krishna 11. Cowboy 12. His Murder Machine 13. To 2012 14. The Things They Showed Me 15. See You In The Next World