After their
previous work “The Anvil Be“
the band led by Bosco Hill and Rubén Xuarez keep on perpetuating a
legacy full of music roots with a high content of pop, psychedelia, country,
blues an ostensible rock and roll attitude and a sixties and seventies reminiscent
through fourteen great songs.
Once again
and with the sea as the key player in a clear allegory to the inevitable death
and rebirth process in all orders of life, the band formed by Bosco Hill on vocals , acoustic and
electric guitar, banjo and percussion, Rubén
Xuárez on vocals, electric and
acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion, Xabier
Vieitez on keyboards, carillón and backing vocals, Jorge Lorre Bajo, backing vocals , Rufus “El Guarro” on drums
and backing vocals, give birth a record that consolidates a career traced by
constant evolution, with a more electric and even experimental spirit,
where instruments that used to be part of the band’s sound in previous records hand over their leading
role and have been replaced by keyboards, electric guitars or even the
Theremin, present in some tracks, consolidating a new and interesting sound
proposal.
Recorded
live, co-produced along with the band, and mastered at Radar studios in Vigo by Pablo
Iglesias, “Sufrage” also has collaborations from Oscar Avendaño (former bassist of
Siniestro Total), on harmonica and Paulo Pascual (Comrade Nimoy, Wave
Modulator) in the Theremin. A record beyond the band’s evolutionary point,
doesn’t forget its true purpose, making great songs. Right from folk anthem and
tavern flavored “The Beast” full of electrified arrangements in the
purest Family Folks tradition along with the Theremin sound, just to go through
mixed taste halfway between country and pop of “A certain angel”. The
wonderful “As tears go by” with undeniable sixty´s flavor and a great
the collaboration by Xabier Vieitez on keyboards. “Elora” follows the same path, this
time with a more “garage” taste, to brings us “Drunk”, a
mixed mid-tempo and decadent song. “Naufrage“
sung in French, highlights one of the band’s most eclectic points. “What
you needed” makes evident his compositional expertise in a Waltz
key to return to the country reminiscences
in “Damm the Throne” and to take a turn towards rock and roll in
“Don’t wanna let it go”, transiting the Blues in “The Werewolf
Blues” and bringing , “The thoughts of Amanda” again with the
traditional band´s seal , approaching
soul music in “Tremble” and
ending up in a most “americana” tradition with “Shooting Star “.
After the
shipwreck, we can only start again. Collect the pieces scattered in the sand
and be reborn. Family Folks
masterfully handle the art of not looking back more than necessary, aware of
the permanent movement, the tides and above all, the sirens chants that the sea
returns us over time, giving life to this splendid record called “Sufrage“
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