Red Sun Atacama – Summerchild

 

 

Red Sun Atacama – Summerchild
Mrs Red Sound – 2026
Rock, Garage, Stoner, Punk, Desert, Psych
Rated: *****

Blasting out of the gate! With opening track Passenger, the Red Sun Atacama three present you with the perfect battering ram to disclose all the secrets that their new album Summerchild contains! Wild and unpredictable you run along with the Passenger wickedness until you crash into a field of daffodils, and just lay there, letting a sun-washed and laid-back jazz moment take control. But that doesn’t last, and the break down pulls you up and tears you asunder! Wowzah! Following track Conveyor even ups the ante when it comes to forcefully taking the listener along the ride with them. Try and sit still, impossible! And so it will be for the rest of the crowd at whatever venue or festival you will see them live… 

Red Sun Atacama, three Bordeaux-based crazies that have been releasing music into the world for more than ten years and absolutely blew everyone away with their Darwin album from 2022. Well, Summerchild is another step in their evolution, taking even more daring chances with dynamics and control. Cause where Passenger detonates and has that snarling desert-drenched punk charge, third track Weightless lures you in slow, turning your attention into a haze before dropping the hammer. Then there’s Ragdoll that sprawls and spirals and becomes this wild-eyed trip that captures the band at their most unhinged and hypnotic. Or Graze The Sun that combines both of those worlds and spices it all with heavenly and very riotous guitar work.

So yes, one moment your are hurtling down a sun scorched highway with no brakes and speakers blown. And the next you collapse on the side of the road, watching the sun set, as the band eases off and become this dreamy exhale like the track Sundown. And that moment of respite feels entirely earned, as you’ve travelled with all eight tracks, you’ve watched them swell, recede and surge. You’ve whirled around on whatever sand dune you happened to find yourself on and you will always remember the trip. Red Sun Atacama delivered something magical. A truly vivid, immersive ride that rewards anyone daring to dance with the Summerchild...

(Written by JK)

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