OS LOUCOS

Listening to Vitral's new work, one can notice the large-scale insertion of synthesizers, much more than the previous album. It also sounds heavier and more epic. It's a totally instrumental record, well recorded, pleasant to listen to. You can notice a more Brazilian touch in some nuances where the flute and piano enter, with more nationalist chords. In general, today with thousands of bands recording works in different areas of Rock (not just progressive) it is difficult to stand out as "best" or "authentic". Everything is very globalized, including the formula of traditional progressive (in this case more digitized) than analog).In my concept of a musician, and as a listener, I listen and listen to hundreds and hundreds of works, both in the area of ​​vintage progressive, neo-progressive and progressive metal. So it all seems very repetitive to me. The formulas are the same. I believe that the most radical progressive does not attract fans or listeners who appreciate the avant-garde, with rare exceptions.I believe that bands that sound more like Kraut Rock or King Crimson, or even Van Der Graaf, are not as appreciated as Yes or Genesis, which are the most imitated. The school of Emerson Lake and Palmer ditto. There are few enthusiasts of this style.Addicted ears, and listeners who are addicted to hearing the same thing, don't bother trying to hear different things. In this way, many bands choose to make the sound more tonal, conventional and that pleases and has references for the listener of what he always wants to hear.This is bad for the development and future of music. In the sense that if evolution and daring stop, the art sinks and disappears. I'm not saying this work is bad at all. It's very good. But it fits well in the fad prefabricated by other bands that have already widely trod this path. Just like traditional Heavy Metal and Speed ​​Metal are repeated with thousands of bands sounding exactly the same. I believe that the most daring and atonal progressive opens much more space in the mind metaphysically speaking. You don't assimilate the sound at first, but you slowly taste the music and assimilate it with each section. This is the difference. The complexity, the up-time, the different wave forms.In this work the symphonic sum synthesizers. They are not experimental synthesizers, creating different nuances. It would be more like listening to classical music played with a contemporary rock band. This has already been said. Making classical music with current electronic equipment and instruments is still making classical music. Is it good? In a way when you feel like listening, it is! Now, if progressive is limited to being a parody of classical music played with current electronic instruments, it's just a change in the label, but the content is the same. I believe and prefer bands that are more daring (again I make it clear that this is a technical analysis, not that the work is bad or good) In conclusion, listeners who are looking for something different, avantgarde, daring and sui generis, this work is not recommended. But listeners who are comfortable listening to traditional progressive rock will be very pleased. Art is complex and life goes on!

VITRAL - OS LOUCOS (2023)

BRUNO MOSCATIELLO - electric and acoustic guitars

EDUARDO AGUILLAR - bass, keyboards and additional sampled percussions

MARCO AURÊH - flutes transverse and recorder (contralto, soprano and sopranino)

Guest musician: GUSTAVO MIORIM - drums