SOME SEVERAL MOONS

Some Several Moons is quite typical Wigwam album, for good and bad. If it has been released -78, no one wold wonder. It is somehow logigal continue to Lucky Golden -album. Sounds and styles are pure 70´ Wigwam and that´s good. Titans Wheel tried something else and it didn´t work in every song. This is shorter than TW and it´s a good thing. Even now this album has couple of songs which would perhaps leave out. But most of songs are great, above all fantastic Cloudy Dream, 10 minutes masterpiece. Squaw Valley non-event is second long song and great one too. Rekku plays fantastic quitar solo, like old times... Kabull Grill, Bow Lane and Sandpainting are truly like old Wigwam songs. Deep Pop, Banging on the Ceiling and Cacobe Bar Two-Step are little bit meaningless songs. Perhaps Wigwam should take more risks, this album is made too carefull to looklike old Wigwam. And they do not know what to do with Esa Kotilainen on keyboards. Same problem was with TW. He plays too background and sound is very thin. He paints backgrounds of the songs but he don´t really play with the band. Perhaps he should leave the band and Pembroke should dig out his old Hammond and play! In concerts Kotilainen has bigger role and perhaps thats why he is in the band, but in studio they do not know how to use him and thats a shame, because he is a great player. SSM is very relaxing album and reminds little Light Ages. It´s better than TW but not a masterpiece. Wigwam is going to right direction and maybe next album is even better...