Carnenera
Carnenera

THE REVIEW

Carnenera, the name says it all. Just reading it, you can deduce their sound. Dreamlike, infernal, damnably graceful and unique. This is their debut album and it's already a sound success. Definitely "niche" music but it hardly matters.

The album opens with the heavy “Tilikum”, in my opinion the best track on the album, which begins with guitars and sound effects similar to “chants from across the ocean” and then arrives at the actual instrumental track that is very rhythmic and fitting, difficult to describe in words. An “intro” that is truly interesting and perfectly fitting. The album continues with “William Blake”, a track that seems to be the brush or ink of this great poet/artist from the past. Slow pace, dreamlike, anxious. It gives the impression of being in one of his visions, in one of his nightmares, in the hell he himself depicted. Right after, we have “La Marcia dei Triceratopi”, the only non-instrumental track on the album, featuring Dalila Kayros on “vocals” or rather “free phonetics”. One of the most beautiful tracks on the album, certainly the one that could become more “popular”. Eerie. The track is followed by “Duello”, another beautiful instrumental, a true battle between drums and guitar, they play with each other with really interesting tempos. Next, we have “Twenty-one thousand Leagues”, the atmospheres of this track definitely bring to mind the imagination of the deep ocean, sweet and unsettling at the same time, but in my opinion, it's the least interesting piece of the album. Immediately after, we have “Nine and Then Some” which somewhat reawakens the listener's attention, followed by “William Wallace”, a “warrior” track with noise-doom atmospheres. The album continues with “Tre Gatti”, psycho-jazz-core which is very interesting but not quite as much as the excellent album closing “Self-Harm”, experimental atmospheres, at times ambient, at times jazz, at times psychedelic.

The album is truly an excellent debut. Perhaps a few more tracks enriched with “free phonetics” would facilitate listening. But in any case, I recommend everyone listen to it. It's new, it seems like the work of a foreign group, but it's a Milanese trio who composed, arranged, and played it. Keep it up!