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THE REVIEW
Sinister noises, songs of graceful nymphs, cries of mystical creatures... mi' che paura!
The first and "sublime" (as my Greek professor would say) album by a group with an acoustic setup... no drums, lots of acoustics, featuring an excellent violin and a splendid flute. The album immerses us in a mysterious forest populated by sinister and fascinating creatures. Wootton colors each piece with a halo of fear and bewilderment with his husky voice, his mocking verses, and his furious screams... Every piece is a whirlwind and suggestive encounter with the inhabitants of a mystical and fantastic landscape. The song "Song to Comus" presents us with the awakening of a melancholic and terrifying creature (the one on the cover) who loves to play in the company of nymphs and spirits... I cannot describe how much suggestion these pieces evoke, it feels like being lost in the depths of a forest that perhaps can be compared to the unconscious. The best track is perhaps "The Herald", here graceful nymphs with dreamlike and captivating voices sing to the night, indeed the piece is imbued with an INCREDIBLE nocturnal charm... it seems they know neither the day nor the passage of time... and this is exactly what one feels listening to the album: an unimaginable sensation of discomfort and perdition.
I don't know what else to say except: MASTERPIECE!!! BUY IT!
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Comus' First Utterance is celebrated as a sublime and haunting folk album that immerses listeners in a mysterious forest of mythical creatures. With its acoustic setup, strong violin and flute presence, and evocative vocals by Wootton, the record conjures a sense of fear, wonder, and nocturnal charm. The reviewer praises the album's ability to evoke deep emotions and describes it as a masterpiece worth owning.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Comus
Comus are a British acid/prog-folk group formed in England, first gaining cult status with First Utterance (1971), a dark, acoustic-driven album with violin, flute and oboe. After the more accessible To Keep From Crying (1974) they split, later reuniting in 2008 and issuing Out Of The Coma (2012), which also resurrected the archival Malgaard Suite.07 Reviews
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By Nonsoloprog
..and at a certain point of the album, I wanted to turn off every light, even the tiniest one, and dissolve into the darkness following those tribal digressions..
Here I projected myself into hyperspace, and crazy screams amplified my irrationality ..omnipotence of sound
By enbar77
This work, predominantly built on brilliant but deliberately disordered medieval metrics, represents the possibility of dazzling any musical score that a normal staff could contain.
Sounds that flow, never breaching the banks, in a single channel designed by the same.
