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almunia - new moon - claremont 56 - cd

Genre: Disco - Cosmic/Balearic

1. L&G Psychedelic
2. New Moon
3. Dos Estrellas
4. Electric Blues
5. Kissing Time
6. Moving Up Slowly
7. Travel
8. Until She Comes

Charted by

Paul Murphy

Following up their awesome 12” on Claremont 56, Almunia (Leonardo Ceccanti and Gianluca Salvadori) unleash their debut LP with a sweet heady mix of overdubbed disco, guitars and psyched out grooves. Check!

Kicking off with ‘Psychedelic’ the pace is set, before ‘New Moon’ pins you down for a sweet Pink Flloydian ride. ‘Dos Estrellas’ hits home to deliver the promise of this outfit, a blissed out subtle-as-you-like intro, coming on like a 12” indie dub mix from the late 80’s, dropping half way through for full on sunset smiles. The essence of Peter Green is distilled through ‘Electro Blues’ and underpinned with a rubbery dustbowl
bassline, vocals wash over the breakdown in what could be the soundtrack to a weird peyote inspired movie scene that hasn’t been made yet. ‘Kissing Time’ sweetens things up with a nifty melody and vocal whilst ‘Moving Up Slowly” really does as it says and notches up the bass, FX, beats and voices for a hefty slab of midnight boogie. ‘Travel’ then turns up the sweatiness, with a sluggish, pounding beat, solid throb of bass and analogue lines from a John Carpenter chase, dark and heady, with vocals added by Benjamin James Smith from Smith & Mudd. ‘Until She Comes’ brings you round nicely at the other end of the LP with a sweet lolloping bass, choral touches, nifty beats and a delicate hand on the guitar. A sweet album so early in the year, perfect for the forthcoming summer.


Deluxe 350gsm gatefold with heavy weight
printed inner sleeves on uncoated stock

LIMITED TO 300