Pirkan are a band from Hungary that plays a mixture of drone, psychedelic and neo-folk and this is a review of their self titled 2020 album which was released by Sun & Moon Records.
Nature sounds start off the album along with some acoustic guitars a few seconds later which also introduces elements of neo-folk onto the recording. The vocals are a mixture of clean male and female vocals along with some Jew's Harp's also being added into some parts of the music and the songs also mix in a great amount of percussion.
The songs also mix in a great amount of Hungarian style folk instruments while shamanistic style chants also give the music more of a ritualistic feeling when they are utilized. A couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length as well as the music also getting very tribal sounding at times.
A couple of different flutes are also brought into the songs which also gives the recording more diversity, Cinematic sounding drones and synths can also be heard in certain sections of the album as well as all of the tracks also sounding very different from each other, when spoken word parts are utilized briefly they also enhance the ritualistic side of the music and the songs also mix in some elements of Mongolian folk music which can also be heard in the throat singing. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics are written in Hungarian and cover folklore themes.
In my opinion Pirkan are a very great sounding mixture of drone, psychedelic and neo folk and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Kismadar" "Van li" and "Pirkan". 8 out of 10.
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