I never thought we’d get to hear Eva Puyuelo Muns hauntingly beautiful voice again after leaving Savath & Savalas. “La Llama” is a nice sequel to 2004’s “Apropa’t” that put Eva at center stage. In Apropa't's sequel, the much slept on “Golden Pollen,” GSH took the vocal reigns solely. Now in trio format GSH, Eva Puyuelo Muns and Roberto Carlos Lange join forces in creating an acid-folk record influenced by the 70s independent music scene of Recife, Brazil. Visionaries like Lula Cortes and Marconi Notaro are among important influences; even Spanish folk musicians such as Paco Ibanez come into play. That isn’t to say a host of other important musicians from other sectors of the world aren’t major influences. The freeness and openness found in Lula Cortes or Marconi Notaro’s work can be heard in its own way throughout the title track “La Llama” as it starts off on a gloomy note and ending in an uplifting march full of stuttering rhythm and guitar over a string based backing. “La Llama” is relaxing album much like the almost simultaneously released Diamond Watch Wrists project from GSH and Hella drummer Zach Hill. Nothing much has changed since Savath & Savalas’ first vocal incarnation “Apropa’t” other than a continuation of the same ideas in a free and open setting.

Style: Folk, Experimental

RIYL: Diamond Watch Wrists, A Cloud Mireya

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2009  Diamond Watch Wrists  Experimental  Folk  Juana Molina  La Llama  Prefuse 73  Savath Savalas  Stones Throw  gravelheadwrap 

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