Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Pastoral - De Michele Erausquin (1979)

The fifth album from this duo from Argentina.

Miguel Angel Erausquin and Alejandro de Michele did the vocals and guitars here.

They had help from some guests who provided drums, bass, piano, keyboards, synths, woodwinds and strings.

The band had been going from strenght to strength over the last albums. I was therefore looking forward to give this album some of my time.

This is though my favourite genre as I am not that interested in singer-songwriter music. In particular with twin vocals and with 1970s pop music.

This album has all this... but a lot more than that too.

The music is pastoral symphonic prog with some folk rock influences. I get a lot of Harmonium, the classic band from Quebec, Canada vibes from this album. Most notably from their masterpiece Si On Avait Besoin.. album.

There is some pretty tasty, wild electric guitar solos on this album which adds a lot of colours and contrasts in their music.

The vocals are very good. Ditto for the melodies, acoustic guitars and the tasteful use of piano and other instruments.

The result is a thirty-five minutes long album and it is a very good one. 

Those into Harmonium and pastoral symphonic prog will really like this album. 

Check it out.

3.5 points




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