Sei Still - El Refugio (2021)

Back in November last year, Fuzz Club Records released the sophomore album from the Berlin-based Mexican psychedelia band Sei Still. Their music feels like a fresh take on very well-grounded German psychedelic music scene and so El Refugio (the title gaining so much more meaning at the moment) is a must-go-to for the genre's fans.

This is the kind of music I automatically put under the psychedelic post-punk label. The guitar haze and the withdrawn vocals are way more important here than the melodies themselves. The overall feeling is certainly cold and distanced, following the established krautrock blueprint, fitting perfectly into the genre. However, as the label states, after their move from Mexico to Europe, the artists decided to go more into the post-punk darkness, leaving some of the mesmerizing psychedelia behind. From my perspective, they achieved a perfect balance between the two, making me think of 10 000 Russos (the band, not the current situation). That said, there's still some of the melodic tunes buried under the darkness' heaviness, best audible in my favourite track on this album: Me persigue.

El Refugio costs 8.5 EUR (7 GBP).

Check: Me persigue

Country: Mexico/Germany

Genre: psychedelic post-punk

Label: Fuzz Club

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