psychedelic blues
Maro is an album by Hungarian psychedelic blues group Lemurian Folk Songs, released in June 14. Almost thirty six minutes long, the record has only six tracks: La Caleta, Temple of the Moon, Grand Sanctuary, Messianic Atrium, Melusina and Magister Blues. A very interesting album, that has on the verge of its dynamic, yet elusive rhythmic dissonances vibrating tonalities of discreet visibility, Maro departs from the traditional devices of the genre, to engrave its melodies with the refined, but silent versatility that gives to the work the typical psychedelic shape of melancholic sonorous grievances, that repels with the mordacious outline of its slow harmonies the softness of a style that never becomes pale on the surface of its own qualities.
With intriguing – and especially pleasant – female vocals, despite the fact that Maro is a reasonable album, there is not too much of a novelty here. They display their music with a somewhat decent degree of creativity, as well as sufficient skills of technical competence. Nonetheless, this album closely follows the ordinary standards of the genre, presenting to their audience a refined, but otherwise predictable work, that doesn’t differ too much from other similar acts.
Don’t get me wrong. In my evaluation, Maro is a good album, and everyone who is pleased with the genre – which is too slow, for the most part – would agree with me. If you are not into this type of music, which is primarily tranquil, peaceful, experimental, transcendental and minimalist, you will become exceptionally bored. As for the band, Lemurian Folk Songs is a very competent, skilled and decent group, that execute their songs wisely and precisely, and known how to be faithful to their genre of choice.
Unfortunately, like I’ve pointed out above, there is not too much of an innovative sonorous texture here. Of course, maybe they aren’t into innovation at all, they just want to create songs in their genre of choice, and then play. But, regardless of their objectives, I think that each and every band in virtually all musical genres should – and want – to give their signature into the musical scene, doesn’t matter if they are inserted in a mainstream or underground scenario.
Nevertheless, despite their qualities, there is not too much to say about Maro, or Lemurian Folk Songs, except for the fact that here you have, indeed, a good album, created by a very good band. But there isn’t anything beyond that, although I sincerely think they have potential to achieve more significant results in future albums.
Wagner
With intriguing – and especially pleasant – female vocals, despite the fact that Maro is a reasonable album, there is not too much of a novelty here. They display their music with a somewhat decent degree of creativity, as well as sufficient skills of technical competence. Nonetheless, this album closely follows the ordinary standards of the genre, presenting to their audience a refined, but otherwise predictable work, that doesn’t differ too much from other similar acts.
Don’t get me wrong. In my evaluation, Maro is a good album, and everyone who is pleased with the genre – which is too slow, for the most part – would agree with me. If you are not into this type of music, which is primarily tranquil, peaceful, experimental, transcendental and minimalist, you will become exceptionally bored. As for the band, Lemurian Folk Songs is a very competent, skilled and decent group, that execute their songs wisely and precisely, and known how to be faithful to their genre of choice.
Unfortunately, like I’ve pointed out above, there is not too much of an innovative sonorous texture here. Of course, maybe they aren’t into innovation at all, they just want to create songs in their genre of choice, and then play. But, regardless of their objectives, I think that each and every band in virtually all musical genres should – and want – to give their signature into the musical scene, doesn’t matter if they are inserted in a mainstream or underground scenario.
Nevertheless, despite their qualities, there is not too much to say about Maro, or Lemurian Folk Songs, except for the fact that here you have, indeed, a good album, created by a very good band. But there isn’t anything beyond that, although I sincerely think they have potential to achieve more significant results in future albums.
Wagner
