Branches: “Pré-Natal / Barco para Zamami”.
January 11, 2012, 0 comments
Two new cassettes by Portugal’s Pedro Rios aka Branches on two of my favorite tape imprints, good times! The first one is Primeira Vez, a surprisingly rather dark, gloomy and contemplative effort that’s gonna be dropped next week via Triple You Tapes. Listen to “Pré-Natal” below, a slowly meandering meditation that feels like a lost track of mid-noughties free-folk improv.
The second Branches tape is named Ninguém É Como Tu and arrives via our beloved Chicago via Kansas boutique imprint Sold Melts. Sample track “Barco para Zamami” immediately feels like the rising sun if listened to after “Pré-Natal”, a loop-based ambient incursion that is in no way less meditative but a lot brighter and (almost) blithe. Unfortunately hadn’t have the chance to listen to the whole thing yet but if the cover art is any indication, I guess Ninguém É Como Tu is Pedro Rios in his light-hearted mode.
