KIRINARDI

Very pleasant, at times really beautiful and moderately progressive rock with a few jazz influences. I appreciate the driving bass rhythm, melodic keyboard lines, quite a lot of violin and trumpets, and that the guitars stay in the background where the acoustic is not plucking the pace. However, the electric guitar dominates the two final tracks which are more fast paced and heavier, heading towards but not all the way to psychedelia. Despite that most of the songs are exquisitely balanced in terms of content, pace and length, I find the duration of the songs (3-6 mins) a bit short on occasions. At least some of the most soothing songs could have benefited even more of being dragged out. The prominent drum section that often stands at the center of attention must also be given some mentions of honour. The few non-instrumental songs contain Turkish lyrics, for me definitely preferred over accented English. All in all, a relaxing but still interesting, varied and enjoying album.