Album Review: Gott – “Nonfiction”
Album Review: Gott – “Nonfiction”
So, I find a message in our super secret Admin section of Dark Asylum Radio – it’s from a man called Flavio and he says that he’s got a new album coming out, and he wants to know what we thought about it. Well, thinks I, who am I to deny it? I look around the links that he sends me – links to his artwork project, links to a free download option via Bandcamp...and it all looks fine. It seems well put together, nicely wrapped up – it’s a pretty nice gift to receive.
So, the label reads “New Wave from Buenos Aires”, which made me smile – you don’t see many New Wave bands about these days, and listening to the first couple of tracks they seem to hit the right notes – the second track, “Ravensong”, is very Cure/Human League feel behind it all which I found quite enjoyable. The whole album has a nice sheen to it and there are enough surprises to delight the careful listener – the occasional chime in “Industry”.
If there was one gripe to be had, it’s with the singer, Flavio’s, voice – during most of the album it remains nice and stable, but it tends to stretch a little during the higher notes: While not a deal breaker, it does occasionally distract from an otherwise lovely piece of music. The band – Flavio on vocals, Xiro on guitars, Javier on synths and Gabe on bass – work well together as a unit, and while the synths tend to occasionally overwhelm the rest of the instruments it’s rare enough to be ignorable.
...and let’s face it, for a free album you can do miles worse. It’s something different enough to almost be novel, so I recommend giving it a listen.
Stand out tracks: “Ravensong”, “Industry”
More information can be found from:
www.flavioluccisano.wix.com/flavio-luccisano – this is the link to Flavio’s artwork. Not bad!
https://www.facebook.com/gottmusik - the band’s Facebook page
http://gottmusik.bandcamp.com/ - the link for the album.
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