Moura to Release Axexan, Espreitan This Spring
There’s beauty and complexity across the span of Moura‘s Axexan, Espreitan that even those who loved their first album could’ve hardly anticipated. That first album, their 2020 self-titled debut (review here), wanted nothing for progressive psychedelic gorgeousness, but from the foreboding synth intro “Alborada do Alén” to the folkish chimes and organic melody-making in the early going of closer “Lúa Vermella,” Axexan, Espreitan resounds with an individualized approach to the stylistic elements being blended together. Iberian folk, krautrock, space rock, heavy soul and into the well-beyond of sound it goes, all the while remaining unpredictable and unbound by genre. It is a lush tribute to their Galician home.
Below you’ll find the cover art and tracklisting, some background about it and a teaser for the record. If preorders are up, I haven’t seen them yet, but keep an eye out for more on this one. It’s a Spring release on Spinda Records, in whose Grados. Minutos. Segundos. (discussed here) splits-compilation-box-set Moura have also taken part.
For now:
Moura – Axexan, espreitan
After releasing their debut album in 2020 and the single “Muiñeira da Maruxaina” in 2021 psych-prog-folk rockers MOURA will be launching their second album ‘Axexan, espreitan’ in Spring 2022 via Spinda Records. Today we share with you all the artwork, the track-list and the concept of the album. On their own words:
[…] ‘Axexan, espreitan’ is a conceptual journey through memories, personal experiences, traditions and collective rituals of the Galician people in the North West coast of Spain. A peek into the subconscious that gives voice to that heritage which “contemplates and lurks” in silence.
The front cover of the album is a collage of two interpretations in watercolour by the artist Hugo Santeiro of photographs courtesy of Museo do Pobo Galego […]”
Moura are:
Belém Tajes (voz, percusións)
Diego Veiga (guitarra, voz)
Pedro Alberte (baixo, voz)
Hugo Santeiro (guitarra, voz)
Fernando Vilaboy (órgano Hammond, sintetizadores)
Luis Casanova (batería, percusións)
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