10 000 Russos - Superinertia (2021)

Two years after their brilliant album Kompromat, the Portuguese psychedelic warriors of 10 000 Russos are back with their fifth album called Superinertia and, as always, they mesmerize the audience and touch vital problems with their music.

Their music has always had those mesmerizing qualities that made the lively and repetitive compositions lead the listener into a kind of trance, so tangible especially during live performances. Now, with the addition of Nils Meisel who plays on synths, it got only emphasized with a bit of this so attractive grandeur that I feel every time I hear those organ-like keys. Those trance-inducing segments of their music (especially important in the longest tracks here: Spuer Inertia and Mexicali/Calexico) are really what the band does best: it's difficult not to loose oneself within the guitar, synth and electronica-based psychedelic compositions here. 

The album tells the story of the "state of inertia that humans live in the West nowadays. It isn’t a record about the past or future. It’s about now". That's an interesting theme, especially seen from the perspective of the Central European, fairly steadily developing country, I'd be glad to hear more about that in the future. The theme corresponds with the way the vocals sound: they are more spoken or even shouted out than sung, sounding more like a rally speech than artsy trills, making the whole thing even more emphatic. It's worth adding that the band is currently on tour and is supposed to come to Poland in two weeks, can't wait for that! 

Superinertia costs 6 EUR (5 GBP).

Check: Super Inertia

Country: Portugal

Genre: trance psychedelic rock

Label: Fuzz Club

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