The Utopia Strong – Doperider

The Utopia Strong

Doperider

The British trio’s fourth album suggests equal parts journey into space and a scrabbling around in the undergrowth, finds Richard Foster

Doperider by The Utopia Strong

Doperider, the fourth release from The Utopia Strong, is mainly a record of great and giving calm. The cover’s lettering may suggest Hawkwind at their most planetary, but this record is not a full on, pedal-driven dive into deep space. Rather, Doperider often encourages an investigation of its immediate surroundings, by way of some lysergically-tinged soundtracks.

Opener ‘Prophecy’, maybe the most narrational track on Doperider, is also its lodestar in terms of what to expect. The pleasantly wriggling synth sounds initially suggest we are present at a secretive undertaking in a lab somewhere. The slightly…

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