Pontiak, Maker
[Scott Thill, Metromix]
Pontiak fit in just fine with past purveyors of atmospheric riffage like Kyuss, Earth and the like. The 13-minute-plus title track on “Maker” is a head trip down noise lane, careening from a slow burn to full-blown thrash without much warning. The molasses dirge of “Honey” is a feedback treat, while the opener “Laywayed” is a distorted mini-epic that sounds like it’s been chilling in Black Sabbath’s closet. When Pontiak go quiet, as on the sublime “Aestival,” it’s psychedelic bliss. But when the band gets loud and dirty on its series of short instrumentals—like the Pink Floydian “Blood Pride” or the dizzying crescendoes of “Headless Conference”—watch out. Those rocks can tear your ship to shreds.
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