The #zot2016 review presents another album that I missed last year, 2016, but this time unconsciously because I find it hard to keep up with this band’s releases (they even put out an album in 2017 that I haven't listened to yet, which means I might have to do a similar review next year).

Chicos de Nazca - Living Lightime (BYM).

My favorite Chilean band, now firmly based in Berlin (Germany), confirms it is particularly prolific with an average of one LP a year. "Living Lightime" was released in December 2016 and is practically already the penultimate album from Chicos de Nazca (who released another LP in May 2017). The band consists of leader Francisco KB Cabala (La Hell Gang), Carlos Cabala, Nes, and Pablo Thiermann, all representing BYM Records (the same label as Follakzoid, just to be clear). Recorded at Funkhaus Studios in Berlin by Pablo Thiermann himself, the album contains eight songs that mostly repeat the same (convincing) formula of psychedelic rock, echoing the sound that the BJM might have had during the latter part of the nineties. The structures are mostly simple and effective, this time built on 1970s rock’n’roll riffs with some nods to Neil Young, eventually losing themselves in very simple yet impactful guitar solos. Noteworthy is the eight-minute "Rising Motion," constructed similarly to the other tracks but obviously distinguished by having a much longer 'tail.' The limitation of this band, which is incredibly easy to listen to, likely lies in a certain repetitiveness of the compositions both structurally and in terms of the nature and quality of the sounds. Consequently, they seem to lose momentum album after album. Nonetheless, recommended. 3/5

Chicos de Nazca - Breaking All Her Time