Wednesday, August 29, 2012

La Gran Perdida de Energia - La Gran Perdida de Energia (Fluttery, 2012)

La Gran Perdida de Energia
La Gran Perdida de Energia
Fluttery
2012

Rating: 6.5 large mountains out of 10

La Gran Perdida de Energia - according to Google Translate it means "the great loss of energy."  My high school Spanish skills ain't what they used to be that I had to look that up, but you don't use some of those words when ordering tacos and that's about the only time I use Spanish anymore.  La Gran (as I'm going to call them) come from Patagonia in Argentina, but except for the song titles they could be from anywhere.  You see they play what everyone calls "instrumental post rock", a sound you'll find from bands the world over.  It really is a universal language it seems.  They probably remind me the most of Tristeza, but you can hear elements of all of the stalwarts here...Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros, etc.  Some of their songs almost enter a modern jazz territory of the sort you might hear on Galaxia records - Ray Barbee, Tommy Guerrero, the Mattson Two, and that ilk. There is a small amount of vocals here and there, but after listening you definitely feel like you've heard an instrumental album. 

La Gran aren't setting the world on fire with this self-titled record, there is no new musical territory broken.  But there is still value in a band that plays pleasant music and does it well.  You can grab the record at the link above, one of those name-your-own-price scenarios.  It's worth a few bucks I think, if you dig these sorts of jams.  

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