Universal German
Third track Looking in
the Past on this debut album by German band Wucan does the succinct work
review-wise, and to extend just a tad, the band would seem to have found what
they were searching for music-wise.
It is more universal retro-rock, prog leaning, and informed most by
the powerful singing of Francis [no surnames provided,for example, on the band’s Facebook
page]. She plays flute too, though this isn’t generally in the Tull-rock vein and more a
folk accompaniment at times. The heaviness is tempered by a melodic core, a
fine example in fourth track, the seemingly self-referencing Face in the Kraut, though there is
heaviness ultimately in the searing lead guitar provided by Tim.
Fifth King Korea presents some extended jamming, the flute
and guitar powerfully at work here, and again Francis’ vocal such a potent
force, until slowed more balladically near the end [for linguistic info –
spellchecking the non-word ‘balladically’ produces ‘balsamically’]. For more
apt linguistic referencing, the final track Wandersman
is the longest at 15 minutes, and is sung in German, the consonantal impact of
this language mirroring well the krautrock of its playing, flute again
fluttering throughout, the vocal intertwined with distortion and echo and
operatic rises and guitar, pumping bass provided by Patrik. Drumming is a
movable non-named feast, just to create mystery. This is a psychedelic romp
from the past where ‘looking’ is through that distant but beautifully
distorting lens, a spoken Germanic narrative adding to the unknowing for this
listener, though it sounds, from the eventual screaming, occult-ish, another
generic element pulled from long ago. A great track.
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