Albireon are a band from Italy that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a mixture of neo-folk, ambient and experimental and this is a review of their 2019 compilation "La Bellezza Di Un Naufragio 1998-2018" which was released by Toten Schwan Records.
Avant garde style soundscapes start off the compilation along with some ambient style synths a few seconds later. Acoustic guitars are also used quite a bit throughout the compilation while the clean vocals bring in elements of neo folk and at times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding.
At times the music also gets very experimental sounding while the electric guitars bring in heavy and melodic riffs when they are utilized as well as showing an influence of metal. Horn instruments can also be heard briefly and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
All of the tracks sound very different from each other along with one song also introducing melodic guitar leads onto the recording. The acoustic guitars also add in a good mixture of both finger picking and full chords and as the compilation progresses spoken word parts are also added into some parts of the music.
One song also introduces female vocals onto the compilation which also gives the music more of a medieval feeling while a couple of the tracks are very long and epic in length and a later track is an instrumental, whispered vocals can also be heard briefly and they also bring in a cover of Sonne Hagal's "Spighe". The production sounds very dark while the lyrics are written in a mixture of Italian and English and cover dark themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection form Albireon and if you are a fan of neo-folk, experimental and ambient, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Canto Del Vento Lontano" "Snowflake" "Nineta" "Mr. Nightbird hates Blueberries" and "Spighe". 8 out of 10.
https://totenschwan.bandcamp.com/album/tsr-107-la-bellezza-di-un-naufragio-1998-2018
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