Messa - Close (2022)

Posted By: delpotro

Messa - Close (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 418 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 154 Mb | 01:04:45
Stoner, Female Vocal | Label: Svart Records

In the interim between 2018’s dark jazz-infused stunner Feast for Water and the recording of its follow-up, Close, Messa guitarist Alberto Piccolo taught himself how to play the oud. The fretless stringed instrument would end up playing a central role on the band’s new album, both for its sonic contributions and its ability to serve as a kind of totemic passport that allowed them to travel from their home in northern Italy to the Middle East (and beyond.) Messa are a doom band, nominally, but they’ve never been limited by the tropes of the genre. Every song on Close illustrates their exploratory spirit. “Hollow” and “Pilgrim” highlight Piccolo’s oud playing, which to these untrained ears sounds like the work of an old pro rather than a relative neophyte. “Suspended” opens with burbling Rhodes piano, while “Orphalese” leads with smoky saxophone—both holdovers from Feast for Water, both even richer in texture this time around. “Leffotrak” is a 45-second hardcore palate cleanser, nestled between two doom epics. Frontwoman Sara Bianchin is the album’s MVP. Her powerful voice is pliable enough to pair brilliantly with any stylistic detour her band cares to take, and it can accelerate from diaphanous whisper to booming roar in a split second—and back again. It’s the best vocal performance on a metal album so far this year.
Tracklist:
1. Suspended (07:16)
2. Dark Horse (07:17)
3. Orphalese (07:13)
4. Rubedo (06:42)
5. Hollow (01:20)
6. Pilgrim (09:26)
7. 0=2 (10:30)
8. If You Want Her To Be Taken (06:08)
9. Leffotrak (00:45)
10. Serving Him (08:04)

Exact Audio Copy V1.6 from 23. October 2020

EAC extraction logfile from 31. March 2022, 10:40

Messa / Close

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