2003, Acuarela
IMPORT (SPAIN). Viva las Vegas is the new band formed by José Luis Aguado and Frank Rudow, singer and non-percussionist – respectively – of Manta Ray. On this project they benefit from the possibilities of sonic experimentation, blending together mathematical distance and deep emotion. They create songs that immediately could be placed among the same musical boundaries inhabited by bands like Royal Trux, Come, Libraness or Modest Mouse. Yet there's an unmistakably European twist to their music, bringing to mind that created by Dominique A, Yann Tiersen or Experience's more introspective moments.
The songs on the eponymous "Viva las Vegas" are a mosaic of poetry, chanson and film-like atmospheres. Soundtracks to impossible and possible films spread in mid-tempo that, just when they seem about to take off, leave the listener face to face with total silence. Jose Luis and Frank offer a series of sonic turning points, their main characteristic being moderation; nothing screeches, nothing feels out of place, the vocals hardly ever rise above the music.
The songs on the eponymous "Viva las Vegas" are a mosaic of poetry, chanson and film-like atmospheres. Soundtracks to impossible and possible films spread in mid-tempo that, just when they seem about to take off, leave the listener face to face with total silence. Jose Luis and Frank offer a series of sonic turning points, their main characteristic being moderation; nothing screeches, nothing feels out of place, the vocals hardly ever rise above the music.
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