Dire Wolves

***The new album is titled Easy Portals and is a collaboration between Centripetal Force (North America), Cardinal Fuzz (UK/Europe), and Ramble Records (Australia). It has been a few years since we've had new music from DWLVS. As you may have guessed, the pandemic had a lot to do with that, as well as the relocation of the band's members all across the globe. The core of the group, however, was able to get together late last year and put in a mammoth recording session, even managing to pull some new folks into the mix. The result? A continuation of the band's wide ranging exploration of communal inspired psychedelic sounds, much in the vein of Träd, Gräs och Stenar and Amon Düül II. What DWLVS has managed to add to their repertoire with Easy Portals are some more folk, minimalist, and even jazzy elements. It's a welcome return to the heady spaces in which DWLVS has always existed, as well as an intriguing passageway into new sonic frontiers.