I wrote about Cats of Transnistria this week, whom I’ve been writing about for over 10 years, but we also featured Otinget some 3 years back, shortly before they released their optimistically entitled album ‘The Greatest Thing That Never Happened… Yet’, and they’re now back with a new release ‘Evolution Blues’, a pre cursor to their 2nd album which is due in April. A whimsical curiosity of a song, which blends prog, rock, blues and a dash of Bowie, it benefits from an easy going guitar and vocal melody straight from the start. The trio promise the 2nd album ambitiously develops their songwriting, ‘relying more heavily on pianos, mellotrons, circus organs, bar flies, old telephones, singing vase ladies and more.’ All these these things are stated in plural, which creates a wonderful image of a music studio packed full of instruments, vintage 1920's candlestick telephones and 'vase ladies', which the band helpfully have explained is a reference to a 'Rubin vase', mentioned in one of the tracks on the album. I look forward to listening.
Release Date: 28th February.
Record Label. Independent.