After receiving the promotion for this album, I had to promise Luca I wouldn't write a review until around October 17th. It took me several times to place this band; somehow, I'd heard this sound and the extremely understated male vocals before. Anathema came to mind, around the "The Optimist," time. But Karma Voyage clearly have a grander plan, both in their composition and in the order of the songs. Everything the band presented in the preceding tracks—post-rock, ambient, experimental, with a voice playing in the background—culminates in the closing song, "Your Sin." The songs serve as an overture for the climax and at the same time, they last around 5 minutes, but they seem to be longer because there are so many interesting parts in which are worth to mention. Luca´s voice appears to me like the intersection of Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema), Morton Harket (a-ha) and Midge Ure (Ultravox). The same applies to the tone of the individual instruments, which are perfectly balanced between pop, new wave and Heavy Metal. Karma Voyage skillfully draw from a rich buffet of musical styles to make each song sound unique and fill it with numerous musical allusions. No, these aren't cheap copies of musical styles, but rather personally coloured facets of an acoustic collage that unfolds its magic anew with each listen.
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