Ah fond memories blow by like a soft evening breeze reminding me of all my yesterdays… unfortunately it was yesterday that I might better have related to this-in fact I'd jump up and raise a toast-er, toke, that is!

Crowbar starts it off and I never quite viewed Crowbar as the stoner types… though what they do in their personal lives isn't my concern but overall they're slightly more in line with the grind-core variety, but then what's in a description anyway?

They do this tune "Dream Weaver" that I can't for the life of me remember who it is but I'm sure everyone reading this will-you know the song, it's ancient and falls right in with the whole stoner vibe, classic rock concept.

Rather unfulfilling anyway. And then there's Supafuzz doing, what else, "Mr. Policeman." A song that I'm sure has nothing to do with the recognized slang in their name but an overall chunky groove that features John Garcia on vocals and therefore, instant credibility.

Many of the usual suspects appear here on this dynamic if anti-climactic comp-the Man's Ruin, Music Cartel type loafer-and let's face it, if you're not in the mood, you're not in the mood.

But if you are in the mood, well shit, light 'em up!

We're mostly moving in a slowly arduous pace consistent of course with that state of flux we've all grown to love and loathe later in life when clear thinking requires all the more effort.

But bands like Sixty Watt Shamen, Murder One, Gunfighter… continuing to ride the rails of infamy on their respective labels have all sounded better with a little more ambition-Murder One's version of "Whole Lotta Rosie" ain't bad however.

Before we go sinking our teeth into the Sabbath stone that each and everyone here has at one time or another crossed and or fallen over, there's a quality of likeness and also uniqueness in variety that I must say surprises me all things considered.

I mean, stoner rock/blues riffs… Sabbath!

Herbert appears in fine fashion still not coming down from their earlier space haze that came about on their respected "Steppin' Off to Eden" release, but the class of the collection belongs to Terra Firma from Sweden and they're "High Heroes" that ironically cops all things Sabbath anyway… but they do it so damn well!

"Inhale…" has a few moments in the sun, over and above a lot of the junk that's overstayed its welcome but overall, the operative term here is "fun" and that's what it's all about-ripped jeans, go-betweens and doped up dreams…

Released by Spitfire Records.
Website: http://www.SpifireRecords.com

Review by Vinnie Apicella [va85@columbia.edu]