''Almost Heathen'' is the third studio album by the
stoner rock
Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sleep ...
Spitfire Records
Spitfire Records was a subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment located in New York City, United States.
In September 1998, Paul Bibeau founded, launched and rapidly developed Spitfire Records Inc. from a two-man operation located in his home bed ...
. It was the last album released before their seven-year disbandment in 2002. The album was reissued in 2022 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Reception
'' Exclaim!'' wrote that "you either get the fact that they are an all-instrumental trio playing groovy, fuzzed-out rock or you don't ... the trio breaks down into more funky terrain." '' The Evening Times'' thought that "the listener is assailed by driving tracks of musical virtuosity where the guitars are to the fore." '' The Palm Beach Post'' called the tracks "hypnotic" and "a heavy blend of fuzzy guitars and relentless drums."
Track listing
Note
* The live bonus tracks "Seven" and "Eight" are titled incorrectly as they are actually the songs "Ten" and "Eleven", respectively.