Cigale is a Dutch band featuring some familiar faces
if you followed SunGrazer, but for the rest they’re pretty low profile. No
tours are scheduled, just a loose show here and there, and the response they’re
getting for their independently released debut album seems to be erratic but
mostly positive. If you were to ask me what I thought about the album, you
would hear some pretty positive things, too. The album opener drifts along with
a meditative drone that’s due in part to the lush bass tone. “Feel the Heat,”
as the title suggests, has a warm push that builds into a delicate onslaught of
reverb filled slide guitar. Cigale’s first single, “Harvest Begun,” is the
album’s centerpiece and for good reason, too. It’s a soundtrack for a
passionate rough and tumble which swells organically to a breathtaking climax.
Yes, it’s innocent music and not particularly exciting, but psychedelia’s slow
roll doesn’t always need to be exciting, certainly not when it’s this
welcoming.
Since you’ve read this far you’re probably interested
in learning more about the band. If that’s the case then please check out the
interview I did last April at Desertfest Berlin 2015 by means of the video
below
Words and interview by: Victor van Ommen
Camera by: Martin Luyckx
