Mangoo – Neverland

1. Intro
2.
3. Deathmint
4. Diamond In The Rough
5. You
6. Lose Yourself
7. Interlude
8. You, Robot
9. Moom
10. Painted Black
11. Hooks
12. Home
13. Datzun
14. Humiliation Express (Bonus Track)
“It is a strange and unflinchingly interesting journey that Finnish rockers take you on for the hour duration of their second album, “”. It’s filled with pop hooks, classic prog synths, fuzzy, driving riffs and varied songwriting. Somehow, they manage to keep it all together and all sounding mostly straightforward, but if you were to pop in and out of the record at various points, you almost wouldn’t know it was the same band.”
“The 13 tracks that comprise “” feel free and open, and whether it’s the soft, trumpeted beginning of “Hooks” or the layered-vocal quirks of “Diamond In The Rough”, prove experimental more in approach than form ‘ that is, they’re still within the vein of heavy rock, but they’re in a different sector of that vein wherein the blood has turned purple. Several synth-driven interludes (and one Larmon Clamor-esque banjo sidestep) draw a line to the sometimes-experimental modus of Dutch outfit Astrosoniq, but the five-piece from Turku make their way through never quite sounding entirely like anyone but themselves.”
“Culmination arrives (fittingly) with the lush and memorable vocal hook of 10-minute closer “Datzun”. Even with its extended length, I’m not sure it could really summarize everything that “” has done up to the point of its start ‘ that banjo would be a hard fit, though there are some acoustics in there ‘ but the song nonetheless serves as a reminder of the breadth of ground has been able to cover on the songs preceding while still remaining within and successfully navigating the boundary regions of genre.”
All That Is Heavy, The Obelisk
2LP album
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