My Electric Love Affair ‘Infinite Mass’ (Static Caravan). Sure to sell out fast so its one of those get your arse into gear and order now warnings given that there are only 400 of these babies kicking around (well 399 now that I have one in me mits). Those Static dudes do us proud as Edinburgh’s finest space cadets get the awesome bug big time and follow up last years cosmically grooved ‘As if I get confused’ debut (reviewed here at Missive 46), which kids, as if you needed telling - all decent record collections should have. ‘Infinite Mass’/ ‘(So) I’m alone’ is a record of two halves, and could easily be two bands, the lead cut sounds like the fruits of a session the day after a wild night before when everyone’s feeling fragile and wasted, yet that said for all the media obsessing and autopsy like fervour surrounding the ‘where did they go wrong’ careers of Stone Roses and more latterly Oasis (of all people) it takes a wee listen of ‘Infinite Mass’ to see exactly which direction would have suited both ensembles natural evolution from pristine mass friendly pop into the world of out there psychedelia. All at once lazy and hypnotic ‘Infinite Mass’ you’d gather would be suitable listening apparel for those dieting on exotic substances, bludgeoning stoner psyche with wig flipping tendencies that insidiously mainlines into your psyche to reduce your senses to rubble, repetitive riffs as though on auto pilot and a vocal that veers callously between the extremes of blissed out and washed out – nevertheless still trashes the competition. ‘(So) I’m alone’ on the flip side is one of those records that the expression ‘dogs’ and ‘bollocks’ was dreamed up for. A brutal cacophony of layered feedback squalls and fuzz-laden opulence augmented by head melting mantras, white hot sonic grooves and the kind of mind bending demeanour as would suggest it was the bastard offspring resulting from a quick fumble between ‘The Perfect Prescription’ era Spacemen 3 and ‘Loveless’ era My Bloody Valentine, best viewed with shades to enhance the cool JMC aspect, lifetime membership to the Velvets fan club optional. By a country mile and several spliffs attaining the dubious honour of their second Single of the Missive – so now are you convinced. www.staticcaravan.org http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=74