DESINTEGRACIÓN

4.5 stars. ATAVISMO are a Psychedelic band out of Spain, a trio in fact of guitar/vocals, bass and drums but the guitarist and drummer both add farfisa and mellotron. They even have a guest playing mellotron on the closer. Yes I love this band! This is the debut from 2014 and they have also released a second recording in 2017 called "Inerte" that I consider one of the best albums to ever come out of Spain. The debut here is more raw, in fact the two longest tracks, the opener and closer brought "A Saucerful Of Secrets" to mind for that dark, spacey sound.

Listen to the sounds howl to start the opener "Blazaya"! I'm guessing mellotron and theremin. A bass line before 1 1/2 minutes as the spacey sounds subside. Cymbals and guitar join in. Drums 3 minutes in as the guitar starts to solo more steadily. Distorted guitar later but the tone 7 minutes in sounds really good. The guitar solo starting before 11 minutes brings BLACK SABBATH to mind. "Kraken" is spacey to start as guitar joins in quickly. More to follow then vocals before a minute. Harmonies after 1 1/2 minutes helps create an uplifting mood. More of a rock mode before 4 minutes as we get a change. Love the guitar here. A FLOYD vibe very late.

"Oceanica" is very relaxed and spacey with laid back picked guitar. Drifting vocals join in but not for long as it turns instrumental. Vocals are back after 4 minutes then it kicks into a more powerful sound a minute later. Vocals are more passionate here. So good! They step aside before 6 minutes as we get a relaxed guitar solo but he will start to rip it up some. Distortion 7 minutes in then it settles back again. "Meeh" has these deep sinister sounding bass lines to start as drums join in then guitar. Vocals after 1 1/2 minutes as the guitar stops. This is mid paced and dark. Vocals will come and go and the guitar sounds pretty amazing. It slows down heavily before 10 minutes to end it.

They've only released two studio albums but this might be my favourite band from Spain. Can't get enough of this stuff. Did I mention the word mellotron? Bumping this up to 5 stars as I find no bad sections even but tons of stuff that I crave in music.