Genre(s): Eclectic Progressive Rock/Metal, Psychedelic
Label: addicted label
Format: digital
Release date: November 30, 2020
Tracklist
1. From the Great Beyond (5:14)
2. Wasteland (2:51)
3. Njanatiloka (10:18)
4. Us Against the World (8:31)
5. Anyhow (4:23)
6. Ten Years Anniversary Riff (1:49)
Total Time 33:06
Line-up
Kamille Sharapodinov — lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, lead & backing vocals, percussion
Danila Danilov — lead & backing vocals, percussion, keyboards (2)
Alexander Vorontsov — bass
Konstantin Smirnov — drums
Gleb Kolyadin (iamthemorning) — keyboards (1,3,4,5)
Igor Suvorov — lead guitar (3)
Kirill Ildyukov — lead guitar (4)
Denis Kirillov — flute (3,5)
Boris Shulman — banjo (5), backing vocals (1,5)
Description/Reviews:
The opening title track welcomed me to their home, and continues to do so. It’s almost a spacey prog version of Violent Femmes, with its vocal and percussive acrobatics and sparse minimal feel. The clean sound disappears in a wave of fuzz as Wasteland follows. The percussion is heavier and darker, the chanting hypnotic and shamanic. Waves of Tangerine and Pink float over the rhythmic barrage, and now there’s the galloping riffy intro to Njanatiloka, like a psychedelic Iron Maiden, before erupting into something more like Black Sabbath, and that’s just the beginning. It jumps all over the place over its ten or so minutes and is easily my favourite track here. However, while I’m mentioning names, realistically The Grand Astoria doesn’t really sound like any of these. It’s just an attempt to show how nimbly the band leaps from one sound to another. So let’s add some more. How about Queen and Chrome Hoof?
Read the full review by Nick Hudson at theprogressiveaspect.net
Media/Samples
Bandcamp
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