INDIEVOTION SCORE: 8.5/10
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Monday, November 05, 2018
Saturday, November 03, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Where The Time Goes [3]: And The Kids - Turn to Each Other (2015); Friends Share Lovers (2016).
Today we return to the albums that the band «And The Kids» has released so far as constituting a beautiful example of how the temporal flow helps to emphasize what was already quite obvious at the time they were released: they are true masterpieces. “Turn to Each Other” and “Friends Share Lovers” remain sonically fabulous and continue to provide a fascinating aesthetic experience. Honestly, I can't see these two albums as separate entities, considering they somehow seem to work or were created as Part One and Two of the same work. A dark side and a not so dark side, although both extremely nostalgic for the past and nostalgic for the future. There is a whole nostalgia of anxiety that runs through them and sustains them in an aura of unquestionable beauty.
One of the most compelling things about these two albums is the way the band has managed, unconsciously I believe, to connect with a wide range of different listeners, from Gen X to Gen Y, with a mix of life experiences that people they can truly identify themselves despite the algorithmic circumstance and peculiarity of the paths taken and not taken by each individual, a fact that constitutes their existential project. Throughout the range of songs that appear on both albums, a strong sense of timelessness emerges emerging from one song to the next, which transforms them almost into authentic anthems.
These two albums could perfectly be one. A double album. It would be one of those cases where less is more would be a fallacy. Both albums are interconnected by a peculiar lyrical intensity and musical inventiveness that allows the listener to enjoy an incredible array of addictive and moving songs. The listening experience of these albums shares a singular sense of complement and aesthetic coherence that recalls those progressive rock and psychedelic folk albums from the early 70s that seemed to tell a musical story made up of myths and realities. Time is the great “pressure test” to assess the quality of artistic production in general. There are many albums that are unbearable to listen to just a few months after they are released; in exactly the opposite sense, these two albums by the band «And The Kids» pass the “pressure test” of time with a gratifying result and such brilliance that they will be remembered forever.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Where The Time Goes [2]: Allison Crutchfield - Tourist In This Town (2017)
It sounds like a cliché to just say that Allison Crutchfield is Waxahatchee's twin sister. Above all, it's absurdly unfair. They're twins but don't annul the talent of one another. Released in early 2017, "Tourist in This Town", her debut album, did receive some cool reviews but how would it sound like within two years time? It still resonates really great to say the least.
"Tourist in This Town" is essentially about settling matters with the heartbreaking past as well as it appears to be a rather well achieved recognition of self-esteem and artistic independence, perfectly reflecting Allison Crutchfield musicianship, multi-instrumentalist and composition abilities. On the other hand it would be unwise to not acknowledge the soft clean 80s synth pop whispering all through the album giving it both gracefulness and luminosity just like when you enter a dark room and suddenly open the curtains which is somehow the metaphor for this album: shedding light onto yourself.
Almost two years after being released "Tourist in This Town" keeps being a highly pleasurable listening, nostalgic, bitter-sweet, sad at times but most of all a healing, closing chapter before new memories are built. Remarkably delicate and beautiful.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Monday, October 08, 2018
Saturday, October 06, 2018
Tuesday, October 02, 2018
ALBUM OF THE MONTH [September]: IDLES - Joy As an Act Of Resistance (2018)
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 9.5/10
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Where The Time Goes: The Morelings - Same Century (2017)
We've been thinking for quite some time on the pros and cons of having a regular feature about a collection of albums released in recent years and that decidedly worth to be enthusiastically listened again and again.
Such a feature is not supposed to be a mere exercise of nostalgia. In fact, it is not nostalgic at all but just an occasion to celebrate music that keep the same mesmerizing qualities, that still gives goosebumps and that in a way or another maintains intact its intrinsic beauty immune to the erosion of time.
To begin this INDIEVOTION new weekly feature the choice goes to one of the very best albums of 2017, released a year ago on this date, the irresistibly bewitching, cinematic, dream pop melancholia of “Same Century” masterfully crafted by The Morelings an album that if it had been released in the current year it would maintain for sure and without much effort its status of excellence among the very best of 2018.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018
Saturday, September 15, 2018
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