It might not always seem like it if you’ve read my reviews for
\nany length of time, but I do like to listen to the occasionally
\nquirky pop album. I don’t necessarily mean novelty works, rather
\nthose albums that seem to be created under what others would see as
\nchaos – and, in the end, coming forth with what turns out to be a
\nbeautiful piece of work.<\/p>\n
With that thought in mind, let’s turn in our hymnals to
\nLife In Volcanoes<\/i> from Povi. This debut album is an
\ninteresting combination of trance-like music and pop sensibility –
\nand it’s hypnotic enough to lock you in for numerous listens.<\/p>\n
\nLife In Volcanoes<\/i> is the final product of Los Angeles-based
\nwunderkind<\/i> Carmen Rizzo and Australia-based vocalist
\nCristina Calero. Developing the songs on this album happened
\nthrough long-distance communications – something I know is not
\nuncommon among band members, but rare for such a chemistry to work
\non the first try. Recorded in Los Angeles, the culmination of the
\ntwo-continent collaboration (say
\nthat<\/i> five times fast) has a lot in common with much of the
\nmusic you’ve undoubtedly heard – but is like nothing you’ve ever
\nheard.<\/p>\n
Confused yet? Don’t be. Instead, let the music on
\nLife In Volcanoes<\/i> explain everything to you. From the
\nmood-setting opener “Last Day Of Spring,” Povi quickly throws
\nthings into creative overdrive on “Dragonflies,” a song that, if
\nthere’s any justice in this industry, should be burning up the
\nalternative charts in no time flat. Calero’s voice is perfectly
\nsuited for this material, and her lyrics are enchanting. The
\nmusicians assembled by Rizzo for this project (who are too numerous
\nto name individually, but are people he’s closely worked with in
\nthe past) likewise seem to be the key to unlock the music’s inner
\nbeauty.<\/p>\n
For a good portion of
\nLife In Volcanoes<\/i>, this magic continues to unfold. I’d be
\nhard-pressed to find one track on this disc that I didn’t like.
\nFrom the almost chant-like texture on “Volcanoes” to the beauty of
\nsongs like “Hiroshima Sweet Eyes” and “Other People Sleep,” Povi
\nseem to know exactly how to hit the bull’s-eye every time. (The one
\nslip? Maybe that would be “Creatures,” a song whose style just
\ndoesn’t seem to fit with what the band did throughout the rest of
\nthe album. Fortunately, this is a short piece, and not a major
\nfaux-pas.)<\/p>\n
Povi even has the good sense to know how to handle the hidden
\ntrack – either a re-do or a repeat of “Dragonflies” – by having it
\nkick off shortly after the last track fades out. If only other
\npeople who get their rocks off by throwing 20 minutes of silence in
\nbetween the last song and the hidden track would get the drift.<\/p>\n
\nLife In Volcanoes<\/i> is an album that is undeniably charming,
\nand one that should make Povi a household name in the world of
\nalternative music. There are thousands of stories in the industry
\nabout groups who should have been bigger than they eventually
\nbecame. Here’s hoping that Povi is given a fair shake, and doesn’t
\nbecome another one of those stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7587],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-39416","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-povi","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39416"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}