The second album from this band from Ukraine.
The band was a sextet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, viola, piano, keyboards and vocals.
The band got help from some guests who added their guitars, violin, cello, saxophone, flute and vocals.
This album is the follow up album to their 2009 album Elehia. An album I reviewed back in May 2014, eleven years ago, for # 1 of this blog. I also reviewed one of their many EPs in that blog too. I really liked both of them.
Son is a seventy-three minutes long album. The music is, as Elehia was, dark and brooding art-rock.
The vocals are in the local language Ukrainian. Both the male and female vocals are operatic and superb.
The music is also a blend of art-rock and Ukrainian folk-rock. There a lot of melancholy and sadness in the music. This mixed with a few really uplifting songs too. Some of the more dark songs are bordering to both hymns and dirges.
The tempo is slow to mid-tempo throughout. The music is far from being catchy and the songs are not overly great. This is though a captivating album with some flaws (not good enough melodies). Nevertheless, this is an album well worth checking out.
The band has just released a new album, their third album, and a review will follow later this week.
3 points
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