Om’s fifth album ‘Advaitic Songs’ is a hugely seductive mix of droning strings, tablas, chants and melodies (both eastern and western) woven together in a hazy mélange of rock at its most languorous.
As one-third of Sleep, bass player Al Cisneros was responsible for taking
stoner rock to its logical extremes. With Om, however, he has pursued something
altogether loftier: a spiritual expedition into the dynamics of heavy
music.
Despite the Christian hagiography that adorns their last three albums, this spirituality is pan-global, with a kind of universality that sets them out from just about any other band exploring faith and theology.
- Amazing reviews from NME, The Guardian & Quietus.com