Album Review: Goat - Requiem

Goat - the interview-shy band from Arctic Sweden - avoid the mistake of trying to repeat the crackling riffs and orgiastic pagan fun of their debut, as they did on the lukewarm Commune.

Opening with a flute riff and chirping birds, Requiem is an album of transcendental folkie jams with no sign of electricity until track four. Some might miss Goat's earlier wildness, but longer jams like Psychedelic Lover and Goatband uncover something within their collective psyche that makes Requiem a worthwhile exploration of another side to this mysterious collective.