This album is an extended eavesdrop on an intimate gift from singer, Rolf Klausener, to his mother, Gloria Esperanza Montoya (loosely translated: Hope Glory Mountain). It is a tender, poetically abstract set of ethno-folk-rock verses that evoke the bootstrapping skills Gloria acquired on her journey through life. As you might imagine, it glows and twinkles with a subtle hopefulness throughout. Hand drums pound out primordial grooves, while animalistic screeches and howls recall tribal exorcism rituals. It's a warm, listenable fabric of an album, but unfortunately it seems to get waylaid down various roads-less-travelled, and can at times be more hard work than a wearisome musical sojourner might wish for.Score: 6/10
Download: Hold Your Breath, Oh Napoleon
For fans of: Calexico, Akron/Family, Horse Feathers
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