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Rating: Thinking about how much music, at this precise moment, is present on the face of the earth, and how much has been present in previous years, and how much will still be present, can seriously and dangerously deteriorate the psychophysical balance of the average listener (and reviewer).
It is indeed practically impossible to know in depth at least a non-negligible percentage of all that is playable and listenable, thus making it strongly necessary the presence of something, or someone, to ensure that the madness resulting from this indeterminacy is, in some way, diluted or, better yet, eradicated for at least a certain period of time. It is good, therefore, over the years, to secretly collect and catalog a whole series of bands or albums that, in their being totally elusive and hard to find, help us all, poor listeners, to escape the madness and insecurities that, by nature, grip us.
In short, it's not a matter of "who knows more," it's more about the preservation of the species.
From this point of view, having discovered, by chance, this mysterious Finnish band devoted to the most delirious 1960s instrumental Surf Rock has been damnably life-saving. Because for forty-three minutes, one truly becomes the greatest discoverer of mini masterpieces of the shadows, of wonderful gems unknown to most, an infallible explorer of the indefinite. For a while, you can talk about it to everyone you know and feel satisfied and comforted by their polite phrases and your primary role, on this occasion, in the game/challenge of sharing. Then, in reality, beyond everything, “The Amazing Colossal Band” is indeed a really great record, and starting to analyze meticulously every single track, saying, for instance, that the synths of “Delayrium” are the most epic and bouncy there is or that “Café Equator” is the twist of the future (“Music from beyond tomorrow” reads the cover), and that I'm sure if on some alien planet they danced, they would do it exactly to this album, would seem forced and out of place.
“The Amazing Colossal Band” by Laika & the Cosmonauts is, therefore, one of the many treasures that silently await to be discovered and to save us, for a few minutes, from the typical anxieties of the typical music lover, and we, rightly, let it do so.
And, please, don't tell anyone. (NO, IT'S NOT TRUE, TELL EVERYONE!!)
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