DESATORMENTÁNDONOS

This is how the ship seated on the turbulent waters of its time, and began to do a difficult sailing, rolling and bumping with the (not so friendly) waves ahead. And that dizzying perception of coming up and down with the boat really comes through the heavily psychedelic sound of this, their discographic debut. The initial trio of Spinetta, Frascino and Amaya just went to the studio, and tackled the new challenge by unleashing the intoxicating cadence they had perfected in an extensive live duty. Probably, that was their glory, and their sin too: Too heavy to be easily accepted by the progressive tribe, but also too progressive for the typical heavy audience of yore, with tastes anchored in a rather squared blues-rock template, they kept rolling and bumping, leaving their own wake.

The album opens with Blues De Cris, a teaser of zeppelinesque manierism in the vocals, yet mounted in their own kind of sway. Great guitar break, too. Track 2, El Jardinero, grows infectiously like a maze of riffs and winding guitar lines, sublimating the initial nightmare into a more abstract scape of counterpointing arpeggios. Track 3, Dulce 3 Nocturno is the overnight sweet relief, an acoustic gem of unique vocal textures, including a rare lead by Frascino in the bridge. Track 4, Algo Flota En La Laguna, goes for a mutant blues-rock groove, rapidly corrupted with sharply bending guitars in a oh-so-tasty early seventies mix, and unexpected interlude of vocal splendour.

After that, Spinetta brings in Cutaia, just in time to cut Track 5, Serpiente, which he wanted to be given a Hammond C-3 laden treatment, after being impressed by ELP's Tarkus. Being the tale of a serpent that "travels through the salt" (don't ask - early 70's), the marvellous mini-suite got an accordingly winding lead from the keyboard, and Cutaia, of course, earned a place on board.

Two out of the three bonus-tracks make a worthy addition to the remastered reissue: Track 7, Despiértate Nena, with rare (and excellent) vocals by Lebón (Frascino's replacement) soaring over an acid-jazz groove embedded with great guitar fills. And Track 8, Post-Crucifixión, is one of those hipnotic riffs that, without being overly sticky, stays with you forever once heard. And don't forget the amazing vocals, distantly mirrored with echo for greater aural pleasure.

Perfectly useless, as a love letter or the buzz at your fingertips can be, and equally essential. Imperfect hearts will love it.

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