Release Date: October 10th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Format: DD
Glide Reflections - Tracklist
1.I'm Supposed to Be 01:07
2.The Wayfarer 08:15
3.Doom 08:53
4.Ultraeast 09:36
5.Solstice 07:45
6.Final Act 11:51
7.The Edge 01:20
Members
Lorenzo Barutta - electric guitar
Silvio Tozzato - bass guitar
Marco Sebastiano Alessi - drums and synth
Review
Psych/Stoner/Post-Rock outfit Aktopasa return with their third album Glide Reflections which continues the band’s musical journey exploring the calmer side of the Stoner Rock scene though they’ve still got a few tricks up their sleeves when delivering heavy spaced out melodies. The record is quite low-key and never feels rushed with Aktopasa demonstrating a calm musical presence throughout the album.
The delicate Post-Rock surroundings gives everything a grounded feel with the hazy sounds of the Desert Rock scene reminding me of Yawning Man and Colour Haze with the excellent synths being quite dramatic when the album calls for this style of music to fully develop. There is a level of Prog Rock delivery being played within the majority of the tracks as the subtle switchover from Post Rock to an aggressive style of Stoner Rock that brilliantly emerges when you least expect this.
Each song tells an individual story with Aktopasa demonstrating a wealth of different styles of storytelling within Glide Reflections. The record may be too quiet for some but this is music for the soul, mind, body and spirit with tracks The Wayfarer, Doom and Ultraeast taking their time building up varied levels of Post-Rock heaviness. One of the main strengths of Glide Reflections is how Aktopasa transforms the grounded Desert/Stoner Rock elements into an aggressive style of Space Rock with some real COSMIC instrumental energy never feeling out of place.
AktAktopasaaposa have a mysterious quality and creative aura within their music which allows everything to be superbly real even when the album does become slightly too trippy and out there, they always manage to pull things back and play to their absolute strengths on tracks such as Doom, Ultraeast and Final Act.
Glide Reflections is an absolutely magnificent record that will warm your heart especially during the cold winter season that’s fastly arriving.
Words by Steve Howe
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