Its sound can be pinpointed somewhere around the line where heavy blues and stoner rock meet and that's echoed across the rest of this album. It hooked me from its very outset, through a song appropriately named Shiva's Chant, given that it's driven initially by a memorable chant, even if it ramps up halfway and lets loose a blistering solo for a very tight and very memorable second half. Why it took so long for something of this quality to reach the light of day, I really can't say, but I'm happy that it's finally out there.

Only just released yesterday, I see that this debut album by French trio Karma Sutra was recorded four years ago in January 2017.