{"product_id":"om-conference-of-the-birds-lp","title":"OM - Conference of the Birds (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the cataclysm of their Om debut, Al Cisneros \u0026 Chris Hakius come right down with its hypnotic follow-up, now returned to circulation on its 20th anniversary FFO Sleep, Earth, Popol Vuh.\n\n‘Conference of the Birds’ (2006) had big boots to fill after Om’s immense 2005 debut ‘Variations on a Theme’, so they effectively slipped into a pair of sandals instead, feeling the sand between their toes on a pair of more desert oriented jams. Still squinting at durational horizons, they take all the time needed - up to and over 15 mins per side - to concentrate on more brooding strains of modal, psych-inflected stoner rock that works it magic more subtly.\n\nThe hairy nads-out appeal of their previous side, and the grungier tone of their earlier, cult work as Sleep is swapped out for mantric, pentatonic riffs and sway that channel the blues via Ethiopian music, kosmiche and hard rock in ‘At Giza’, placing Cisneros’ monotonic vox higher in the mix over shimmering backdrop of hazed hi-hats and uncurling bassline yoked with a tongue-tip tension.\n\nBut fret not heavy riff fiends, for that all comes with ‘Flight of the Eagle’, which effectively picks up where ‘Variation…’ left off, locking hard into a mantric cycle where Hakius’ damn slow but tight offbeat shuffles and the feedback worship riffs hold an intensity that breaks upward half way and soars in tumbling gyres to the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 208px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1581984310\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/omband.bandcamp.com\/album\/conference-of-the-birds\"\u003eConference of the Birds OM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49746299060483,"sku":"DC972","price":3615.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/1694\/1956\/files\/a2469420665_10.jpg?v=1790924794","url":"https:\/\/meditations.jp\/en\/products\/om-conference-of-the-birds-lp","provider":"Meditations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}