Remain Distracted draws a geographic line from the creative anarchy of a Ladbroke Grove sixties twilight to Altamont as the hippy dream descends into madness, and a chronological line that links The Doors to Kyuss crossed by one that joins The Banshees to Temples. Although many bands channel retro sounds as a cynical marketing tool, the Newcastle based banhave dived deep into the cold waters of a gothic-psychedelic darkness and returned to the surface clutching a black and shimmering musical pearl.
