Romansy
Alright time for grindy's rec; last time he recced something I thought it was incredible, so I have high hopes for this one too.
Track 1 Some nice guitar work to start this off. I'm already enjoying this a lot. This is like a really spaced out, weird version of the 12 bar blues, really crazy stuff. I assume this is Russian, so I can't tell what anybody is saying at all, it doesn't really matter just as long as it sounds good. The strings are adding a whole other element to this song that really makes it feel just crazy. Woah that's nearly a boom bap beat that just came out of nowhere. Great opener.
Track 2 That's a very similar chord progression to First Day of My Life I just noticed. The bass is so upfront in this song ad it's barely laying down a bass line, just sort of going crazy on the side. The guy singing also has a really nice voice I forgot to mention. SO far this album is pretty simple, but every instrument is really adding something to the mix.
Track 3 So this is just double basses then. I think there are 4??? But yeah it's just a string quartet for double bass. Really well composed, this might actually be my favorite track yet actually. The little glockenspiel hits that mach the bass are just perfect.
Track 4 No clue what kind of organ that is, but it has a strange sine wave bass tone to it. Oh the chords are just beautiful on this one. Feels like something out of a Radiohead almost, maybe not, I'm really not sure what to compare it to, I just know it sounds great. I wish I was there while they overdubbed everything because some of the textures that they're getting are just straight up trippy. Another amazing one.
Track 5 This track is just sort of floating in the ether. Really weird. I have no idea what to make of this one whatsoever. The piano underneath the rest of the track is really freaking me out. A lot of stuff to unpack on this one that just isn't going to get done in one listen.
Track 6 Lmao okay? Just a jazzy e. piano and vibe duet out of nowhere. Idk why, but that really made me ****ing laugh. The track is really nice one it really got started, sort of a demented lounge feel to it. I'm gonna have to learn some of this album on guitar because I'm a total sucker for great chord progressions and this album is bringing it in that department. All the vibes and fake harps are creating this swirling effect that just sucks up this track into a void of these twinkling instruments, that might sound like just pure high talk, but that's just genuinely the only way I can describe it.
Track 7 Some nice piano to start this off, with an almost samba esque rhythm behind it. Holy **** am I getting a rap song out of nowhere half way through this album? I was not ready for this at all. I honestly am just taken aback, if anything I'm confused, I don't know if I hate this or love. It's like both at the same time. I guess I'll just say I like that...
Track 8 Now back to the normal songs after... that. Nice atmospheric sound to this one not sure what all those swells are, but it's nice to hear ambient compositional techniques on a folk album. The strings once again sound great; this album immediately gets even better when the strings are added into the mix.
Track 9 And now a serialism piece? Because that's sure as hell what it's sounding like to me. Solo piano playing through a chromatically composed piece. Now it's getting more song like, but still quite a strange melody. I actually it just stay minimal like this because I don't think adding a 15 instruments would benefit this song in any way. The beauty is in the simplicity. Okay no nevermind this is my favorite song of the album so far, the piano playing is some of my favorite I've ever heard. This is honestly blowing me away. Grindy bless you and your amazing picks.
Track 10 Alright now for one of the longest songs on here. Cool plucked guitar to get things off, and that little crescendo was incredible. Very creepy melody to this one. Lot of strings in the back just sort of doing their thing. I don't know how to describe the weirdness of this track, but it's really eerie and foreboding in this indescribable way. It may have something to do with the partially atonal string section, but I'm not sure. The build ups on this track are really something to behold, it just keeps building up tension and instrumentation until it has no choice but to explode into nothing again.
Track 11 Another short instrumental piece. This time guitar, piano, and glockenspiel or the most part. Fun and silly, it doesn't take itself seriously whatsoever, and the sounds were really nice as well.
Track 12 Feels like different elements of a song are being cut up into this disheveled mess of bits, but still makes sense as a whole. Almost kinda like late Talk Talk. Okay it came together as a whole piece now. This guitar part is really messing me up, it's beautiful but horribly sorrowful. This is another favorite. I've been once again blown away by an album i didn't think would make much of an impact on me.
Once again Grindy you have given me another album that has utterly blown me away. Thank you, I'll be listening to this a lot. 9/10