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Rating: As far as I'm concerned, in 2012, there weren't many new names that reached my ears and were able to spark my interest. I mostly appreciated new releases from groups I was already familiar with or went back to rediscover albums from past years, but the new musical discoveries of this year can easily be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Just when I started thinking that 2012 was a dull year, the Bauda emerged out of nowhere!
But who are the Bauda? In truth, even though they were new to me, this Chilean band has been active since 2005 and had already released an album with Pest Productions, a very active Chinese Depressive Black label. In 2012, after leaving Pest, Bauda signed with our own ATMF and released their second work titled "Euphoria... Of Flesh, Men and the Great Escape."
Many, upon reading phrases like "Depressive Black" and "Chilean band," will have immediately thought of the typical super-ignorant South American group that plagiarizes a bit here and there, offering the usual unlistenable album full of images of people who committed suicide and other nonsense of the kind. Nothing could be further from the truth! The Bauda have nothing to do with any of this, just as they have nothing to do with Depressive or Black Metal in general; they are, in fact, a purely Post-Rock band with more or less pronounced influences derived from Metal (especially in some intense parts) and indie Rock."Euphoria" is a concept album centered around a rather famous place in Chile, the former whaling station at Quintay (closed in the '60s), a place where man lost the very sense of human nature. "Euphoria" is a voice crying out against the modern world, and it does so with introspection, telling the relationship between man and the ocean.
Bauda's music is touching and spectacular, light and infinite, as descriptive as it is sophisticated, with melodies that skillfully paint human emotions and vast stretches of water. Although this Chilean band is not idolized like many other post scene entities, it has nothing to envy the more famous names in the genre. In fact, from a certain perspective, it can often even appear superior to them, boasting a singer with undeniable vocal talents and a particularly charismatic voice, combined with absolutely mature compositional skills, supported in turn by a practically perfect production attended to in every tiniest detail.
One of the many strengths of "Euphoria" is the fact that each of the eight tracks is endowed with its own perfectly tangible personality. Thanks to this, the sixty minutes of the album flow with great ease and make a mark from the first listen. To give you a hint, I might recommend listening to tracks like "Oceania," "Humanimals," or "Gosth of Panthalassa," but my real advice is to listen to the entire album to embark on a true sonic journey. You won't regret it!
The Bauda have been a great revelation for me, poetic and enchanting!
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