By: Victor Van Ommen
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 16/06/2015
Label: Temple
Atavismo ‘s “Desintegración” is a late night dip in the Alboran Sea
‘Desintegración’ CD//DD//LP track listing:
1. Blazava
2. Kraken
3. Oceánica
4. Meeh
2. Kraken
3. Oceánica
4. Meeh
Atavismo is:
Pot | guitar, synth
Pow | drums
Matt | bass
Pow | drums
Matt | bass
The Review:
Atavismo ‘s “Desintegración” is a late night dip in the Alboran Sea Malaga
The most prevalent influence on the band’s sound is the picture painted above. Each song builds on this setting in its own way. The first half of “Kraken” is playful, making good use of – I’m assuming – the Farfissa to get things going. A simple chord progression and an even simpler song structure makes way for the mind and desires to wander. Somehow, though, beneath the surface of this steady simplicity lies a particular tension; a moment of will they or won’t they. This question is addressed in the latter half of the song when Atavisimo erupts into a controlled jam, and the answer is yes, they will.
“Oceánica” follows “Kraken” beautifully with lush vocal harmonies and sparse instrumentation. This is the afterglow, that moment that the couple who met in “Blazava” and had their moment in “Kraken” are laying on the beach staring at the stars and hearing the crackle of the bonfire next to them. The softness of “Oceánica” has no grip on the present; it’s more of an interlude than a song. Its thick bass mimics the dull sound of being under water and the twist of the guitar passage moves slow like undercurrents. The listener will definitely be drifted away in this piece until the final three minutes when they are brought back, leading in “Meeh” to close things out. The dreamy vocals and gentle percussion in this one is very much a second wind, never quite breaking out into full-fledged psych until the final 40 seconds. As a song, it’s not particularly eventful but the hypnotic roll invites the mind and body to wander which is what psychedelic music is all about. That’s not to say that Atavismo is genre defining but they are a good example of what the wonderful world of psychedelia has to offer.
The most prevalent influence on the band’s sound is the picture painted above. Each song builds on this setting in its own way. The first half of “Kraken” is playful, making good use of – I’m assuming – the Farfissa to get things going. A simple chord progression and an even simpler song structure makes way for the mind and desires to wander. Somehow, though, beneath the surface of this steady simplicity lies a particular tension; a moment of will they or won’t they. This question is addressed in the latter half of the song when Atavisimo erupts into a controlled jam, and the answer is yes, they will.
“Oceánica” follows “Kraken” beautifully with lush vocal harmonies and sparse instrumentation. This is the afterglow, that moment that the couple who met in “Blazava” and had their moment in “Kraken” are laying on the beach staring at the stars and hearing the crackle of the bonfire next to them. The softness of “Oceánica” has no grip on the present; it’s more of an interlude than a song. Its thick bass mimics the dull sound of being under water and the twist of the guitar passage moves slow like undercurrents. The listener will definitely be drifted away in this piece until the final three minutes when they are brought back, leading in “Meeh” to close things out. The dreamy vocals and gentle percussion in this one is very much a second wind, never quite breaking out into full-fledged psych until the final 40 seconds. As a song, it’s not particularly eventful but the hypnotic roll invites the mind and body to wander which is what psychedelic music is all about. That’s not to say that Atavismo is genre defining but they are a good example of what the wonderful world of psychedelia has to offer.
