New Keepers Of The Water Towers
The Cosmic Child

NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWER is a Stoner-Metal combo hailing from Stockholm, Sweden. “The Cosmic Child” is their 4th album-release which follows two self-released EP’s (compiled in 2009 into the “Chronicles” album by the US-based Meteor City Records) and “The Calydonian Hunt” (2011, also by Meteor City). It was published in 2013 through the French imprint Listenable Records this time, and marked a notable shift in the band’s aesthetic approach. “The Cosmic Child” shows a much more mature and sophisticated group embarking on Sympho-Prog, Post-Sludge, and Art-Psyche sprawl, tending to create long and multipart compositional pieces, and incorporating baroque guitar, piano and percussion acoustics alongside the periods of heavy-weighted electric storms. The Mastodon feel is still very strong in band’s sound – especially in the passages with vocals – however their general approach tends to be much more ethereal, pastoral and atmospheric. The album runs through 6 tracks in just under 47 minutes, and there’s never a moment throughout where the songs get away from the performers. Each piece of the album has its own identity that simultaneously works to the benefit of the whole work. The smoothness of transitions between songs clearly indicates a drive to present “The Cosmic Child” as a whole conceptual piece rather than a collection of individual tracks. All in all, the album winds up being as much of a success as it is a surprise. Highly recommended. To anyone who was disappointed in the band’s earlier recordings, “The Cosmic Child” is a whole new NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWER.