By José Gandue @spinning zone
Yes, that's the label that identifies the band we're going to review today. Sinister Pandora, a group based in the city of Valparaíso, He is promoting his first album, called Elegy, registering its sound as «heavy shoegaze», And immediately, names from different eras come to mind that could fit this label, such as Deftones, Slowdive, Norma Jean and even My Bloody Valentine. And yes, it's clear that a good part of the seven songs included on this record They contain corrosive ambient guitars, recorded in layers, that gradually take over the atmosphere. And they manage, in a way, to be psychedelic, at least in their initial intent. And, if you'll allow me to delve deeper into the definition, moving beyond purism, this is a captivating album. because of the collection of "masses" that make up this material, tunes that are not obsessed with the length of what can be considered a radio hit, and rather extending far enough to suggest sidereal journeys that satisfy our troubled mental state in their outcome.
Elegy, so called, since «"An elegy is a poetic composition that expresses grief over a loss, often of a person, but it can also refer to the loss of something significant.", It's a good introduction to a band that's just starting out in the music industry. It is a production two years in the making, in which melancholy, instrumental density and a heartfelt flourish are sensitively combined, amidst the caustic strings, It aims to soothe and comfort the listener in the midst of the hurricane.
Listening to Siniestra Pandora can transport the fan back to albums like Ferment, of Catherine Wheel, some tracks from Going blank again of Ride o Mezcal Head of Swervedriver, British rock albums from the early nineties, but at the same time we can pick up closer references, such as the White Pony, of Deftones, or, more recently, Satisfaction, of Narrow Head. Equal, Elegy It's a catalog of recordings with their own identity: A song like In the garden, It is a wall of distortion that, amidst its harshness, expresses a tenderness and a fascinating sadness that moves one. The last cut, called Everyone so happy, It may seem like an ironic title in the face of the accumulation of reverberating voices and the slow tractor of guitars that sails through the ears for almost four minutes. Y Pagan, Third in the order of publication, it is a ballad that gradually fades as it progresses, an unexpected space of auditory rest, which is equally..., It's not to be missed in the midst of the storm.
This is Elegy, From Sinister Pandora. Here you have a little over half an hour of splendid noise that deserves to be celebrated.
