Black Rainbows – Twilight in the Desert
(Longfellow Deeds Records)
Black Rainbows – Twilight in the Desert
(Longfellow Deeds Records)
From Aural Innovations #38 (Jan 2008)
From the Italian desert comes this power trio playing slow-motion space-/stonerrock
in a way that resembles Norwegian WE. Both music and vocals has the same vibe
- and this is really a compliment! I really dig the completely laid back style
in most of the songs. Even the quite up-tempo track “Follow Your Patter”
has an almost relaxed groove and a very cool spaced out part in the middle of
the song. Although a typical power trio anchorman Gabriele Fiori also ads some
cool synthesizer in the typical spaced out way - but without overdoing this.
“Don’t trust” is actually a song driven by acoustic guitar
all the way, but with a nice spacy progression. The song “Mind Revo”
has a really tuff bottom layer from the rhythm section with tight drums and
heavy bass. The album ends with the almost epic track “This Road”
that rounds everything up. It starts as a slow mellow song and spans more than
six minutes with short interruptions of sudden hard kicking bridges. Everything
was recorded and produced in the bands own studio and this is the only minor
problem. Production could have been better and the sound much wider. But in
all this is a good solid debut. And as in spaghetti westerns there must be deserts
in Italy …
Check the band's web sites at: http://www.theblackrainbows.com
Visit the record label web site at: http://www.longfellowdeeds.com/
Reviewed by Tom Knudsen