Moura Post “Romance de Andrés d’Orois” Video from Axexan, Espreitan
Spanish heavy progressive rockers Moura are approaching the May 27 release of their second LP, Axexan, Espreitan (review here), through Spinda Records. “How gloriously classic prog is it,” you ask? Well, glorious enough to pair violin and Hammond organ, if that answers your question. It’s so glorious I kind of can’t believe it’s not out yet. Look. I’ll be as straight with you as I can: I fucking love this record. You can see subtitles in English below in the video for “Romance de Andrés d’Orois,” which gives a sense of the band on stage — god I’d love to see them play these songs — while also looking like one of those classic promo videos from old rock shows pre-MTV, but even not knowing what the lyrics are about, watch the band play. Look at that celebration. God damn. I don’t even believe in authenticity and that shit looks real to me.
You can see Diego Veiga (who recently took the Obelisk Questionnaire) out front as the kind of wrangler of the sound, and the group that surrounds — introduced in the fashion of one of the aforementioned old shows — create such a world over the course of the seven minutes of “Romance de Andrés d’Orois,” drawing from psychedelia, Galician lyrics and folk traditions making themselves felt almost immediately, that it’s impossible not to be drawn in. In my review of the record, I compared the vocals on “Romance de Andrés d’Orois” to Death Hawks, and I stand by that, at least as regards melodic inflection, but Moura are on their own wavelength here, and god damn, I just want to put on the rest of the album listening to this again. So I think I’ll do precisely that.
I don’t always tag albums with “recommended” when I review them. If you follow this site at all, you know that. But when I do, I mean it universally. Recommended for one and all toward the improvement of life in general and the forward development of aesthetic. This is only their second album. Think of what Moura might do from here.
The mind boggles. Joyously.
Enjoy:
Moura, “Romance de Andrés d’Orois” official video
Preorder links:
https://spindarecords.bandcamp.com/album/axexan-espreitan
https://spindarecords.com/product/moura-axexa-espreitan
Music by Moura, featuring Irmandade Ártabra
Lyrics by Diego Veiga
VIDEO CREDITS
Recorded at Estudios Mans (A Coruña, Spain) in April 2022
Filmed by Leo López
Video Edition by Hugo Santeiro, assisted by Fernando Vilaboy
Production Assistant: Gloria Campello, Yago Corral, Alberto Castaño & Marcos García
Liquids Light Show by Alex Canoura
Subtitles by Adrian McManus
Supporting Cast: Sandra Mätzler (TV Show presenter)
Photographs courtesy of Museo do Pobo Galego
Special thanks to Inés Vázquez García, Antía Ameixeiras, Miguel Vázquez, Elena Vázquez, Alex Canoura & Berto Cáceres
MUSIC CREDITS
Diego Veiga: vocals, guitar
Hugo Santeiro: guitar
Fernando Vilaboy: organ
Luis Casanova: drums
Pedro Alberte: bass
Belém Tajes: vocals, percussion
Antía Ameixeiras: violin
Produced by Moura & J. Gutiérrez AKA “Guti de Cangas”
Recorded by J. Gutiérrez in Summer 2021 in Moruxo (Spain)
Mixed by J. Gutiérrez in Autumn 2021 in Cangas (Spain)
Mastered by Álvaro Gallego at Agmastering (Spain)
(C) & (P) 2022, Spinda Records
