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Although the musical proposal generated by Klimt
1918 isn't basically innovating, nevertheless has got the merit of being
splendidly performed and that of rousing auditory memories near and faraway at
the same time, but always pleasant. Taking as model new wave and gothic
melodies which led such musical styles to their highest levels during the
80's, Klimt 1918 shows off metal guitars and powerful rhythmics which
improve the effects mentioned above. There are references to The Cure of
course, and impose themselves mostly through these clean and gloomy
arpeggios on a very simple drums basis (as "We don't need no music", best
track of the record, or the opening of "Parade of Adolescence"), favouring
dark atmospheres dominated by a marvellous singing which seems having
directly came back to fifteen years ago and which represents with no doubt
the element that will make concentrate the listener on "Undressed Momento". Mixing vocals scores
of Orzal from Tears for Fears with those of Sting and of the vocalist from
Porcupine Tree, Marco Soellner imposes himself as the leading role of his
band and consequently he's got no problem to enforce his intentions with
some guitars worthy of Katatonia and the old Anathema.
In the end, this first album of Klimt 1918 is astonishing: we have the
impression of having already heard many passages herein contained,
memories of our musical background, but at the same time we can listen to
an unexpected album, unhoped-for. Let yourselves win by the skin deep melancholy which
comes out from "Undressed Momento", an album which recalls the cold and
the rain, that leaves us torn apart in our youth and future. A stunning
heartbreak.
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