The Mothercrow – Foráneo
Discos Macarras Records / LaRubiaProducciones – 2024
Rock, Hard, Seventies, Blues
Rated: ****
Just two more days! The Foráneo album will be out on September 17th through Discos Macarras Records and it will be the second full-length album that Barcelona quartet The Mothercrow send out into the world. Founding members Karen Asensio and Max Eriksson are still part of the team that put out their first single Hard Attack back in 2016 and have Daniel Ribeiro bass and backing vocals for this album (Although since then Daniel left and Victor Sancho has joined in his stead) and on drums Jaume Darder. It’s a classic in every sense of the word! We’re talking all out blues based, seventies inspired hard rock. The good stuff. The stuff that takes you back to the golden age of rock ‘n roll. When guitars and amps ruled the entire world! And of course vocalist Karen Asensio is taking a lot of the spotlight, with her superpower voice and that spitting and raw edge to it, immediately there and in your face on the opening track. Lovely! Something to become besotted by. I bet she’s electric on stage. Or that bass work of second track Howling, rumbling, warbling and gunning the song on. There is simply no real way any music lover can become jaded, listening to The Mothercrow. This is hitting the sweet spot with every track as they roll on. This is that one shot that will send a wavering junkie back into the grips of his addiction. Even half tempo rocker changing into a ballad here and there Tumbling Down, breaks up the album perfectly, offering up so much succor and soul that your eyes will close and you can’t help but swaying along. So warm, slightly nostalgic and absolutely tragically romantic. So much so, that if you hadn’t already invested yourself entirely into the sound of Foráneo before, you will by then. (Doin’ It) For The Thrill will groove you out of your socks and that wild guitar work will flare your pants. Gonna Burn with its funky touch, summer time in the big city, watching how the people on the streets make their way to wherever where they need to be while you drink your dubious red wine and wait till the sun sets. Waiting for them Northern Lights. Closing out the album, perfectly composed, with instrumentation that is stunning and pristine. A bass shining, a guitar that glows and the drums that glisten, all there and taking their moments even though they leave all the room in the world for Karen Asensio to once again spin her tale with attitude, whirling movement and a squint in her eyes. And then to add that luscious key work courtesy of Julian Batista is putting the icing on the cake. Classic in every sense of the word…
(Written by JK)
List to the first single Howling here:
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