Acuarela Rec.
Aroah : The last laugh (SP/US,2003)***°
While Aroah used to sing partly ? in Spanish before, this is a complete album in English in cooperation with mostly some American musicians (Otto Hauser, drums; Jesse Sparhawk, electric bass; Margie Wienk, cello and upright bass ; Lata Baird,flute ; Greg Weeks, electric and slide guitar, triangle, keyboards, recorder, flute, xylophone, backing vocals ; Sean Burns, slide guitar on “Schooling” and Irene Tremblay, acoustic & Spanish guitar, voice).
Being a fan of Greg Weeks and having enjoyed all other projects of his (like Espers –see review on next page-) I preferred to try this item too, even when it was rather expensive to order. This is not an acid/psych folk item, like all others related are, but a singer-songwriting item which has some acid folk aspects thanks to the fine contribution of the musicians. The songs sound also much more heartfelt compared to the soundfiles of earlier work I heard. At moments when acoustic guitar leads, this is beautiful and crafty! There’s opening enough to give the instrumental aspects all the expression the songs need.
A really beautiful release ! Recomended !
For the moment I cannot provide much more than a description of the music style. In the early days I always preferred to ask the singer-songwriter specialist to review the songwriting later, but recently he stopped contributing with reviews. Next release I will review with more detail.
