Owl Rave's debut is dark, melancholic and driven by honest simplicity. The album's sonic setting, especially the sound scapes, are heavily influenced by the duality between a seemingly perfect world and deep abysses. They are set in and around the sinister places of Twin Peaks: dreams, visions, brothels and run-down bars. Straight melodies, layered atmospheres and simple beats are enveloped by shapeless drones. Horror jazz and heroin blues lose themselves inside ambient landscapes.
Lyrically and musically, Owl Rave deal with themes of desire and despair, wherein the former stays unfulfilled and the latter stays omnipresent.
Der Besen wird ΓΌber jazzige Drums gestrichen, die Synths drohen Unheil an, dazu triphoppige Ruhemomente, die von Soundflackern aus dem Hinterhalt aufgebrochen werden.
SchwΓ€rzer als die Nacht finster. Badalamenti e le sue frequentazioni Lynch a fornir ispirazione e nella spettrale bruma di Amy un qualcosa se ne intravede. Scontate battute trance fuori tempo massimo ad animar Find Me. Qualche accenno doom in lontananza evocato. Qualche frammento di rancore industrial nella panoramica infranta Fright Car. Al netto e all'oggi, la strada da percorrer par moto lunga. Twin Peaks neanche si avvista The other important aspect is the visual work of Anna Ladinig; she did the cover art, but also the photographs and video elements which make Owl Rave a multi-media statement, presumably when performed live.
The imagery and narratives of the TV series, and also the music of Angelo Badalementi, have clearly colonised his consciousness; in these weird fractured songs and this strange droney music, he is living it out, acting the roles, performing the music. Released December , we got a copy on 26th February Dark, melancholic strums of guitar permeate the entirety of the release as a noir backdrop in tone to the simplistic percussion. If anything else I have to give them a pat on the back for inducing the uncontrollable laughter in me that followed.
