This is a review of a split album between Italy's Albireon and Israel's Zeresh called "No Longer Mourn For Me" which was released by Toten Schwan Records and we will start off the review with Albireon a band that has been featured before in this zine and plays a mixture of experimental, ambient and neo-folk.
Their side of the split starts out with some acoustic guitars which also add in elements of neo-folk while electric guitars are also utilized at times. Male and female vocals are done in mostly clean style along with each track also sounding very different from each other and one of the songs is very long and epic in length.
At times the music also gets very experimental sounding along with the spoken word parts also giving the songs more of a poetic atmosphere when they are utilized as well as the keyboards also adding in touches of ambient, loops and samples can also be heard in some parts of the recording and whispers can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover melancholic themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Albireon and if you are a fan of experimental, ambient and neo-folk, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Heartbroken Remembrance" and "The Day You Poured Your Wasted Dreams in my heart".
Next up is Zeresh a solo project that plays a very atmospheric form of neo-folk.
His side of the split starts out with some dark soundscapes and electric guitars before adding in some acoustic guitars which also add in elements of neo-folk. Vocals are done in mostly a clean style along with some atmospheric sounding synths can also being added in the background as well as some spoken word parts and whispers also being utilized at times, demonic voices can also be heard on the closing song. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover darkness and depression themes.
In my opinion Zeresh is a very great sounding atmospheric neo-folk solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "My Lazy Triumph" and "No Longer Mourn For Me When I'm Dead".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and i would recommend it to all fans of experimental, ambient and neo-folk. 8 out of 10.
https://totenschwan.bandcamp.com/album/tsr-125-no-longer-mourn-for-me
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