Recension Welington Irish Black Warrior Vafancuneo

A dark warrior from an irish version of the New Zeland capital, told by a trio of swiss guys. Guys who abandoned work at a watch factory in order to pursue the appeal of music, guys who according to their label still are learning the mastery of their instruments. This Vafancuneo is the band’s second effort which follows their 2012 debut, and it features a very strange cover artwork that looks a tad psychedelic and amateurish. Musically it is psychedelic according to the label and it features six tracks and around the half hour playing time.

It is exciting and different music, it doesn’t fit any established format and the production is quite lo-fi. A bit dirty, some might call it a little bit incoherent but it sure is different and the variation is quite large over the six tracks we are offered on this piece of music. I think the cover art is quite revealing of what to expect on the album, the singer is generally a bit so-so and the production does sound a tad cheap. Another thing one notices is how the album’s songs does not quite seem to fit together into a musical unit but rather as six independent tracks, kind of like a compilation.

The best rating for their ideas and unique approach to their music, they certainly does not sound like anything else I have heard. I like that approach. What I don’t quite like is the sound, I have always like crisp, clean and solid production and this album does not have that, it sounds cheap. I don’t like that. I think though that the sounds is just one of the things, the incoherent nature of the album is the weakest point. The tracks have benefits but the album as a whole does not really stand up to too much scrutiny.

I think that the track called Fascination is the best one and that is actually a fairly good track that I kind of like. The rest of the tracks have both good and bad parts and I can see why people would like this kind of thing, it certainly takes a different approach to this kind of music. I think we can deduce that it is an album that is not for everyone and by that I mean that it is not for me. If you think the cover art looks exciting, I suppose you might find this album exciting as well because it sounds as it looks.

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