The Lickets deploy a mini-orchestra of acoustic instruments: cello, flute, acoustic guitar, organ, sitar, harmonium, hand percussion, et al. to call into being undulating vistas of luminous mantras and soundscapes. The Lickets’ raga-like settings suggest a strong Indian influence, and traces of visionary ’60s jazz artists like John and Alice Coltrane, the time-transcending drones of La Monte Young and his Theatre of Eternal Music, and ’60s psychedelic rock surface too as parts of the trio’s trippy mix. – Textura
“empyrean, luminously beautiful”( Lost at E Minor) “Haunting, eerie, and altogether unique”(Music Emissions) and “Truly something magical. Its bizarre classical music that’s repetitious and hypnotic in the way that Phillip Glass can sometimes be. Its also occasionally elevating. It feels like music made by magical lord of the rings elves and its worth listening to. Among other things, it is deeply enchanting.” (H Magazine) “Not a tepidly traditional collective” (The Wire), “Think following the Pied Piper in 2022 across all lands and gradually building up a band of all sounds with an aim to drive out the mechanical rats.”(THE FLY)
