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AMERICANOS

Contraluz

 

Prog Folk

3.41 | 19 ratings

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Marty McFly
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4 stars I can easily go with Jethro Tull classification. Not Folk at all, in fact this is more on the Rock side. Far more melodic than Tull (even some flute solos really reminds Ian Anderson, I won't deny this fact when I feel it that way).

Starting with calm background jam and gentle flute, Indios Sin Prisión slowly turns into pretty RPI-like song (I can't help myself but see RPI influences in albums like this). Sin Trabajo again starts slowly, but this time it also continues in this pace. It's basically Prog ballad. I like these. How can I tell that it's not Rock ballad ? It's not that simple, that's it, on the other hand, my consideration is that simple. That's life.

Songs are basically heavy or calm, guitar or flute driven. As I said, melody is strong with this album, which in combination of previous factors makes this record damn interesting.

From other songs I quite like distorted guitars, heavy sound, Jethro style flute and emotional performance of Alvaro Canada, their vocalist.

4(+), negatives would be these of RPI too (can anybody else hear these similarities between these genres or do I hear/see ghosts?), from pure melody it sometimes turns into jamming or jazzy part, also some parts in general aren't that interesting, even majority of them is.

Marty McFly | 4/5 |

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