GUANO PADANO
This is a soundtrack without a movie. Picture pulp fiction detectives and femme fatales, steam trains making their way across the Wild West at sunset, Hawaiian surf, exotic market places filled with snake charmers, persistent traders and sweet aromas, country and western dancing hicks, the charms of the Orient, sleazy electronic funk with a sleek, jazzy bass line, all in a Morricone-meets-Leone narrative. Mellow, beautiful, bluesy, eerie, the moods keep moving as the piece unfolds and the vistas broaden. Guano Padano’s array of instrumentation is wonderful, the tones and timbres bringing something new with each listen. Cinematic, the album works as both bricolage and pastiche as the band are more than aware of the abundance of allusions they’re making. Multi-faceted, the album is as weird as it is inspired, as diverse as it is directed, and as colourful as it is distinctive. If you like such works as Zorn’s ‘Spillane’ or ‘The Gift’, or maybe Patton’s ‘Mondo Cane’, then check it out. There are more than a few similarities in style and a couple of holes across the record but Guano Padano’s second album is vast in its musical scope and abundant in atmospherics. Turn the lights off, press play, close your eyes, and enjoy the show.
LABEL:
FORMAT:
Ipecac
Album
2
Review by Jason Guest
RUNNING TIME:
48:00
RELEASE DATE:
27th August 2012
TRACK LISTING
1) Last Night; 2) Zebulon
3) One Man Bank
4) Gran Bazaar
5) Gumbo; 6) Bellavista
7) Lynch
8) Miss Chan
9) El Cayote
10) Prairie Fire
11) Nashville
12) Un Occhio Verso Tokio
13) Sleep Walk
3) One Man Bank
4) Gran Bazaar
5) Gumbo; 6) Bellavista
7) Lynch
8) Miss Chan
9) El Cayote
10) Prairie Fire
11) Nashville
12) Un Occhio Verso Tokio
13) Sleep Walk
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
Italy
"This is a soundtrack without a movie...in a Morricone-meets-Leone narrative."
