Chutes & Ladders

The Mellotron has graced songs by some of rock's most important and popular artists: David Bowie's "Space Oddity," King Crimson's "The Court Of The Crimson King," and the Rolling Stones' "2000 Light Years From Home," to name but a few. Yet it's always seemed more like a side dish than a main course in these contexts. Ross Goldstein-a rock musician with psychedelic inclinations (see his recordings with Devin Gary & Ross, Fog Window, etc.)-decided to thrust the Mellotron to the forefront with a trilogy of albums that culminates in the riveting new collection Chutes And Ladders, which follows 2018's The Eighth House and 2020's Timoka.Side A1. Amae 2. Diabolo 3. 20204. The Blue Desert 5. Allegretto (Beethoven)6. Dispatches Side B7. Alien Hatchery 8. Socorro9. Journey to the End of the Night10. More Than Human11. Largo (Shostakovich)