Release
date: September 23rd 2016. Label: Relapse Records. Format:
CD/DD/Vinyl
AVVOLGERE
– Tracklisting
1.Back
Shredder 04:21
2.Theurgist
04:38
3.F.
W. T. S. L. T. M. 05:15
4.The
trapper and the trapped 05:14
5.O.
O. T. P. V. 05:42
6.Entheogen
05:47
7.To
all that he elong 01:55
8.Sante
03:52
9.Grey
erasure 03:25
10.What
finds me 06:00
Band
Members:
DH
Phillips (guitar/vocals)
Nicole
Estill (bass/vocals)
Slim
TX (drums).
Review:
True
Widow not only build upon the momentum of their last release, 2013s
Circumambulation with their immense new album Avvolgere, they go even
further with their sound and vision on this project with the marrying
of stoner rock and shoegaze hitting its peak on this record. The
bands use of melody has been honed even more on this album and with
the use of so many distorted, fuzzy and heavy riffs that are still
aplenty throughout, it's a match made in heaven and the result is a
joy to listen to.
That
distorted melody is most evident on songs like the hypnotic, shoegaze
vibes of F.W.T.S.L.T.M and album opener Back Shredder.
Avvolgere
is packed full of memorable songs that are so well constructed and
executed and there are so many quality riffs and catchy harmonies
that they will take your breathe away. The atmosphere on the album is
mostly downbeat but done so in such a triumphant fashion that you
cannot help but revel in its almost bleak nature and it defintely
turns into something inspiring, take a song like The Trapper And The
Trapped for example. The song is a dizzying aural journey with the
duel vocals of D.H Phillips and Nicole Estille wrapping around the
song perfectly with the shimmering musical underbelly acting as a
foil to the harmonies. Yes it may seem bleak but there is a beauty
about it and that is prevalent through the albums duration.
O.O.T.P.V
is the same, the melody is perfectly intact but there is a creeping
darkness behind it that enhances the song. The vocals of both
Phillips and Estille are fantastic all through the album and work so
well over the varying range of the bands music, music that is equal
parts mystical and psychedelic as well as straightforward and catchy.
The
whole of Avvolgere feels like the soundtrack to a vivid dream from
the start and is also extremely varied in its musical output without
ever sounding disjointed, from the devastatingly powerful shoegaze of
Theurgist to the mesmerising groove of Entheogen to the gentle but
affecting To All That He Along to the brooding and powerful groove of
Sante, it's never anything less than formidable and totally consumes
your head.
As
the albums closing track, the gorgeous What Finds Me draws to its
hauntingly atmospheric conclusion, you will want to experience
Avvolgere again in its entirety straight away and that is testament
to the quality of music on show, True Widow have definitely raised
the bar with this one, the album is a triumph.
Words
by Gavin Brown
Thanks
to Monica at Speakeasy PR for the promo. Avvolgere
is available to buy via Relapse Records on CD/DD/Vinyl now.
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