https://scotray.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-profane
Genre: Orientalist American Primitivism
Rating: 4/5
released on bandcamp September 18, 2021
These folks have been up to it for a while but this is the first recording to make it my way. The idea and musicianship is fantastic. It’s a microtonal raga approach to American Primitivism and they can definitely pull it off.
Honestly, it’s a little frustrating though because with a little more sauce this could be an easy 5/5. It’s a little bit too conservative. It reminds me of a lot of Bela Fleck’s stuff. The guy has so much talent but it feels like he never lets go. This is the same way. It needs to be a touch more aggressive. It needs some dissonance and anger. Give me something to resolve.
Still excellent, however.
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