Release
date: September 22nd
2017. Label: Argonauta Records. Format: CD/DD
Tuna
de Tierra – S/T – Tracklisting
1.Slow Burn
2.Morning Demon
3.Out of Time
4.Long Sabbath's Day
5.Raise of the
Lights
6.Mountain
7.Laguna
Band
Members
Alessio De Cicco:
guitar, vocals
Luciano Mirra: bass
guitar
Jonathan Maurano:
drums
Review
The debut s/t album from Italian
Desert/Stoner Rockers – Tuna de Tierra – lives and breathes the
legendary Californian Desert Rock scene. Taking influence from the
usual assortment of bands and artists from that scene. Tuna de Tierra
are not breaking any new ground but their debut album is still a
highly promising and hugely entertaining album. With the band playing
a more epic style of desert/stoner rock jams and especially from the
Kyuss school of sound.
The vocals from Alessio may sound
jarring for some and may take a few moments to get used to his style
of vocals. He's a great singer and offers a different style of vocals
within the Desert/Stoner Rock world.
The opening track – Slow Burn –
is an instrumental track that sets up the scene with psychedelic
desert rock sounds being the main order of business. It's quite heavy
in parts and even manages to bring some atmospheric post-rock vibes
to the mix.
Second track – Morning Demon –
is an almost dreamlike song with the band adding a more progressive
style of music. The music drifts from heavy stoner sounds to the more
laid-back psychedelic desert riffs that appear on different parts of
the song.
Third track – Out Of Time – is a
10 minute plus song that starts rather slowly with an almost blues
rock sound. The band carry on with this style of music for the first
few moments. Until the band start adding familiar sounding
desert/stoner sounds. The song finally becomes heavier around the 4th
minute and it breathes new life into this song. This is one of the
best songs on the album as Tuna de Tierra finally begin to feel
comfortable with their own sound and the world around them.
Fourth track – Long Sabbath's Day
– is the weakest song on this album. As It brings nothing to the
album. It kills the mood of the entire album with it's slowly played
blues sound.
Tuna de Tierra turn things around
and return to winning ways with the final 3 songs on the album -
Raise Of The Lights, Mountain and Laguna. The band play their way
through a different assortment of genres and sounds that play's to
the bands strengths as musicians. The sound is more Blues Rock based
compared to the earlier parts of the album. Though the band never
forget their Desert/Stoner Rock roots as Mountain and Laguna sees the
band return to that world. It allows the album to end on an exciting
finish.
Overall, Tuna de Tierra's debut
album is a well produced affair and one that's worth checking out. If
you want a more Blues Rock driven Desert/Stoner Rock album, then Tuna
de Tierra maybe the band for you.
Words by Steve
Howe
You can listen to the excellent new song – Laguna – from the album which Argonauta Records are kindly letting ourselves premiere.
Tuna de Tierra S/T
album will be available to buy on CD/DD via Argonauta Records from
September 22nd 2017.
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