9.3
/Dream folk, Folktronica, Free folk, New Weird Spain, Alt-folk, Indie folk, Alternative/
Comment: these 6 shorty pieces are heart-breaking harmonic whiffs by the Asturia/Catalonia-based artist Àlvaro Menèndez who conjures up on an ukulele (which is embellished with the chords of a xylophone or the halcyon furor of a melodica rising to the surface in some tracks) while being surrounded with sublime atmosphere and otherworldly blissful feeling. Ingeneral, his soundscape reminds a little bit of the likes of Beirut, and The Retuses, though, Menendez avoids to get involved in flirtation with the realm of a kind of ethnic/world music. However, I guess the listeners insist on a follow-up in a very strong way.
