FABIOLA SIMAC & HUMUS: EVITERNITY

This is a excellent eclectic progressive rock album with a distinctive and original sound based mostly in the interplay between the violin and the guitar, with several moments of well executed improvisation sections. The vocals are scarce but beautifully sung and with a couple of short opera style sections. In this sense, this is quite different from Fabiola Simac's Immersion. It has a lot of 70's vibes, but it does'n't follow the more standard canons of progressive rock. Yet, I can feel the influences of some non-mainstream 70's prorgrock bands (at some point I found vague reminiscences of Osanna's Palepoli). It took me some listening to fully appreciate this album.  This album is a collaboration between Fabiola Simac and Jorge Beltrán (Humus). Both have participated in the composition of all the tracks (vocals are by Fabiola).

Our ignorance is so big that we keep an open mind: This song should be in any playlist with a selection of the best progressive rock. This is one of the best songs of the album, and it is quite different from the rest. It has a more canonical hard rock sound. It starts with a powerful rhythmic pace and a catchy guitar riff accompanied by a nice violin melody. Fabiola's vocals are beautiful, including a very short opera-style vocal solo. Close to the end of the song, there is a powerful and splendid guitar solo. This song has an official video available in the YouTube Fabiola's page. I also recommend watching the video. 

Swallow Tail Jig & Drunken Sailor Hornpipe :  These are two versions of well known folk Irish themes. They are very well executed. 

Abndnds :  Another great track with beautiful and diverse musical passages, led by the violin and guitar, in most cases as a single soloist, but there are fragments where both instruments play together. In some passages, the music is well-structured (the first one start with a mellow melody and then goes in crescendo), but other sections appear to have a more improvised development. The synth is used underlying background in some sections of the track. Fabiola's vocals appear at the end, with an apocalyptic message in Spanish. Despite the diversity of musical passages, the track maintains a clear musical coherence.

Basking in the Moon:  Instrumental piece with a jam session format. It is based in a relatively simple and repetitive rhythmic section, which is accompanied by a background synth melody. With this base, the violin and guitar keep a constant interplay in an improvised-like format. This would be an excellent piece for a live show.

Glass of time:  One of my favorites of this album. A brilliant song that develops in different and clearly  distinctive sections or "movements". The vocal sections have a cool, well achieved retro atmosphere. 

Explain your children:  The longest song of the album start with a quiet and beautiful theme but then move into a relatively free-style jam session between the violin and guitar, similar to Basking the Moon. The song ends up with another more mellow and melodic theme.  

Eviternity : Slow paced, atmospheric song that plays with subtle changes all along the song. It has interesting instrumental sections led by the guitar and the violin.  The keyboards in this song have a more predominant role in some sections of the song than in other pieces of the album.

Unexpected: Very beautiful, ethereal and quiet theme that slowly progresses through different musical moods. I could listen to this piece in a loop. The only weak point is that the minimalistic interlude at the middle of the song is a bit too long.

Join: Psychedelic progrock with a 70's sound. The musical texture, the improvised riffs and the voice reminds me a bit of fragments of Osanna's Palepoli album.

Footnote: Humus was an obscure psychedelic Mexican band with influences of the krautrock. I have not listened to previous Humus works enough to put into context the previous Humus works with this album.