american

Fortunately our fears are a thing of the past right now as the iconic Barack Obama has become the 44th president of the USA. We’ve been watching his moves much longer than the media hype started surrounding him and no one deserves this spot better than this sincere, honest and kind man, he has been an inspiration for a whole generation and I hope he will succeed in bringing change and unity to his country and the world.

Yet Balmorhea’s music had this universal quality that transcends cultures, which made me persist in trying to get into their music, which is something I rarely do if it doesn’t hit me at the first listen. Taking the rock bit of post-rock and the sluggishness of shoegaze while heading straight to the roots, “Rivers Arms” is an album with more than a handful of good songs and some lackers.

Thanks to digital technology and the constant remasters, music is becoming increasingly timeless, in a few years probably a huge amount of more music would be remastered and digitized. Although I’m sure it’s impossible to feel most of the energy without actually being involved in that particular scene and culture in the right time..