Tumuli Shroomaroom
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tumuli Shroomaroom
| type = Studio
| artist = Acrimony
| cover = Tumuli Shroomaroom Album Cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 2007 reissue cover on Leaf Hound Records
| released = 1997
| recorded = 1–30 June 1996
| venue =
| studio = Square Centre Studios, Nottingham
| genre = Doom metal, stoner rock
| length = 65:28
| label = Peaceville
| producer = Andy Sneap
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Acrimony Tumuli Shroomaroom 2019.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = 2019 remastered edition.{{cite web
|url=https://burningworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tumuli-schroomaroom-2019
|title=Acrimony - Tumuli Schroomaroom (2019)
|accessdate=10 January 2019
|publisher=Burning World Records
}}
}}
| prev_title = The Acid Elephant
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Bong On – Live Long!
| next_year = 2007
}}
Tumuli Shroomaroom is the second full-length studio album from Welsh stoner rock/doom{{cite web
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/
|title=BBC Wales – Acrimony
|accessdate=10 December 2007
|publisher=BBC Wales
|quote=Acrimony were formed in Swansea in 1991 and were arch exponents of the stoner/metal/psych crossover...
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214140921/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/
|archivedate=14 December 2007
|url-status=live
|url = http://www.leafhound.com/band/acrimony/bio.html
|title = Leafhound Records – Acrimony biography
|accessdate = 10 December 2007
|author = Leafhound Records
|publisher = Leafhound Records
|quote = [Acrimony were] among the first exponents of the UK stoner scene…
|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20071215005357/http://www.leafhound.com/band/acrimony/bio.html
|archivedate = 15 December 2007
|url-status=dead
|df = dmy-all
}} band Acrimony. It was released in 1997 on Peaceville Records.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r445917|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia}}
| rev2 = Kerrang!
| noprose = yes
}}
AllMusic's Eduardo Rivadavia called it "of the all-time classic stoner rock albums ever" and also said that it "makes for remarkably immediate listening, unveiling its otherworldly glories to all those who dare enter the mushroom." Kerrang! gave the album a top mark five-Ks review.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/
|title=BBC Wales – Acrimony
|accessdate=10 December 2007
|publisher=BBC Wales
|quote=Their second album Tumuli Shroomaroom was critically acclaimed, scooping the top mark five-Ks review in Kerrang! magazine.
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214140921/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/
|archivedate=14 December 2007
|url-status=live
|url= https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Turkey_Beard/kerrang-666-albums-you-must-hear-before-you-die/
|title= Kerrang! The Ultimate Rock Encyclopedia: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
|accessdate= 15 January 2019
|work= Kerrang!
}} The album made it to the 1997 list of Kerrang! albums of the year.{{cite web
|url= https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060216032059/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html
|url-status= usurped
|archive-date= 16 February 2006
|title= Kerrang! End of Year Lists
|accessdate= 15 January 2019
|work= Kerrang!
}} In 2019, Paul Travers from Kerrang! included the album as one of 16 essential rock and metal albums that still aren't on Spotify. He continued, "Tumuli Shroomaroom might or might not be what Boris Johnson shouts on climax, but it’s also another great underrated gem from the Brit stoner scene. Want fuzz? Riffs? Hip-shaking grooves? You'll find them here but you'll have to go and look for it.".{{cite web
|url= https://www.kerrang.com/features/21-essential-rock-and-metal-albums-that-still-arent-on-spotify/
|title= Kerrang! 16 ESSENTIAL ROCK AND METAL ALBUMS THAT STILL AREN'T ON SPOTIFY
|accessdate= 15 January 2019
|work= Kerrang!
}} Simon Young from the same magazine said that while Acrimony is still an underrated band, the album "Tumuli Shroomaroom remains a perfect record to play while firing up that skull-shaped bong".{{cite web
|url = https://www.kerrang.com/features/20-bands-who-didnt-get-the-respect-they-deserved/
|title = Kerrang! 20 BANDS WHO DIDN'T GET THE RESPECT THEY DESERVED
|accessdate = 15 January 2020
|work = Kerrang!
|quote =
|df = dmy-all
}}
In November 2019, Tumuli Shroomaroom was reissued as a 3CD digipack and remastered edition by the Dutch music label Burning World Records.
Track listing
All music written by Acrimony; all lyrics written by Paul Bidmead and Dorian Walters.
- "Hymns to the Stone" – 9:07
- "Million Year Summer" – 4:49
- "Turn the Page" – 1:45
- "Vŷ" – 6:00
- "Find the Path" – 4:07
- "The Bud Song" – 4:57
- "Motherslug (The Mother of All Slugs)" – 11:05
- "Heavy Feather" – 9:59
- "Firedance" – 13:17
Personnel
- Dorian Walters – vocals
- Lee Davies – guitar
- Stuart O'Hara – guitar
- Paul "Mead" Bidmead – bass
- Darren Ivey – drums
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/fr/Acrimony-Tumuli-Shroomaroom/release/1634511 "Tumuli Shroomaroom" at discogs]
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