Fanfarlo are an indie band from London who take their influences from Space Opera and Spaghetti Westerns. Using an imaginative range of instruments including trumpet, violin, mandolin and musical saw (among many others) they create amazingly colourful pieces full of diverting moments and enchanting angles.
Fanfarlo’s third album, “Let’s Go Extinct” (released February 10th 2014), could be seen as a concept album about human evolution and possible future, but it is also a great pop record, and manages to juggle both at the same time. It grapples with the big questions but always with a glint in its eye, a sense that nothing could ever be weirder than the truth, and with a stirring chorus just about to break.
‘Life In The Sky’ is a quixotic dream landscape – with chewy rhythms and engaged sighs, hand-in-hand with groan-filled voices.
But even if there is whimsy here – it is all delightfully drawn … with silvery sparkles and flowing melodies that ripple like slippery eels in a cascade of stars.
‘Myth Of Myself’ starts with an eery howl and some discordant rhythms – then the piece settles down before spreading itself thickly and sweetly like a generous layer of marmalade.
The choir is riveting – part glitz and part sigh. This will linger in your head and make your toes tingle.
‘We’re The Future’ has an opal sigh that eats at the regular rhythms – gradually chewing into the substance – like a worm gnawing at the membrane.
The harmonies intertwine and swing – while the male voices rise and falls – uncomfortably turning – like a vagabond’s blanket.
- © Neil_Mach January 20134 -
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