Selvatica "Macumba"

Selvatica "Macumba" (p)2019 Discos De Kirlian

If the album only managed to sustain the qualities of the first three tracks this would be the album of the year. I almost started my review with: "And while the country is desperately waiting for the debut Carolina Durante slab, the Album of the Year is already here". These tracks - namely "Quien Es La Sombra", "Solo Llueve En Mi Casa" and especially "Reino De Papel" - are the fast, sonorous, effervescent, ultra-melodic songs. But as the album flows by further it deviates from its initial course set by these amazing pieces and intrudes the air space of Her Majesty the Diversity with inclusion of saxo and tropical rhythms. There's nothing wrong with it and I really like saxo within the indie rock song context. So, all the subsequent tracks are good in their own right but as a result of the stylistic digressions the overall impression gets somehow blurred.

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Ultim Cavall "Records De Kyoto"

Ultim Cavall "Records De Kyoto" (p)2017 Discos De Kirlian

You cannot judge the book by its cover, says the canon. However, sometimes the cover says it all, and, frankly, in the past I’ve purchased a lot of records having never listened to a single song by a certain band, making my decision only by the first glance at the album’s cover. The truth is if I accidentally run into a physical copy of Ultim Cavall’s “Records De Kyoto” I’d buy it without much thinking. And it would be cool cos the album is a delight. It is unpolished record, it is the record that can’t manage to stay within the firm frames. What is it really? Indie pop? Noise pop? Psychedelic folk? The tiny folk song gets clouded by the fuzz fog and drifts into the psych-pop field under the nugaze pennant - it’s something like that. It’s not a calculated record, you can almost physically feel like it moves along only by the instincts - and that’s what makes it truly perfect.

The best tracks: Recors De Kyoto, Tempestes De Sorra, Soc El Monstre

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