QUIET EUPHORIA

Amoeba Split

Canterbury Scene

4.14 | 117 ratings

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Spain's pre-eminent Canterbury-tinged jazz-rockers return after an agonising seven year wait with their third, and arguably best, album to date.

As with their previous efforts, this is a slice of charmingly old school fusion full of vintage keys, warm horn arrangements, clever arrangements and just enough of a psychedelic haze to warrant the Canterbury epithet. Let's be clear; there's not much in the way of innovation here, but that is decidedly not the point. If you're a fan of Soft Machine, Nucleus, Return to Forever, et al and you're jonesing for something new in that vein, I doubt you could do better than this gem of an album.

What makes Quiet Euphoria a particularly sterling effort, in my opinion, is the arrangements and sequencing of these pieces. Even quite complex instrumental albums still run the risk of becoming background music by the halfway point if they're poorly put together, but this album never even gets close. Each track brings unique tones, textures and musical ideas to the proceedings, ranging from the gleefully frenetic to the beguilingly placid. The end result is a consistently engaging musical journey that flows tremendously and never outstays its welcome.

Track Highlights: The Inner Driving Force, No Time for Lullabies

runciblemoon | 5/5 | 2023-4-21

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