The second album from this band from Brazil.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, synths and vocals.
A number of guests added percussion, guitars, violin, keyboards, synths, flute and effects.
I really like their 2018 debut album Solar and gave it a good review back in June 2020 in # 2 of this blog. I also mistakenly wrote that this was the one and only album from the band. The band proved me wrong one year later when they released Lacrimal. My mistake... Sorry.
The band is from the far north of Brazil, far away from the main prog scene in Brazil. It is a major achievement that the band has released two albums and one EP.
Lacrimal gives good value for money as it is clocking in at seventy minutes. The music is a blend of King Crimson like ecletic prog on the opening ten minutes before it becomes a more Latin-American symphonic prog album. The music is returning to eclectic prog on a regular basis throughout this album.
The balance between symphonic prog and eclectic prog means there is a lot of very good details on this album.
The sporadic vocals here are good. Most of the album is instrumental. There are some proper songs here too and they are very good.
The sound is good and the music is very good. This is one of the hidden gems that makes running this blog so much more interesting and rewarding. Check out this album.
3.5 points
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