The songs as such are no amalgam of street recording, just the interludes are.
Juan Wauters is a less radical descendent, as he is far more easy going in his songs. The spoken word section reminds me of Manu Chao's successful solo albums of the 00s. All these influences blend in into the groove Wauters created. The dance influences are not all on my good side ('Unity') but as a whole Real Life Situations is an album that is quite nice. A lot is going on in the song besides the groove that certainly is going and going. 'Presentation' is softer of tone while also edgier. Juan Wauters is not afraid to throw in a little alternative rock-hop like the Beastie Boys were capable of or Dog Eat Dog, but all a little softer and nicer. Dones' lives on alright in a more modern setting. Jarabe de Palo has stopped because of Pau Dones' death last year and now I hear a song like 'Locura'. I was quite happy to hear a song like 'Locura'.
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It results in an album that is free flowing, interrupted by the spoken word that is not for me. A little Latin, modern rhythms, hip hop, pop and even more. It turns out to be an album with spoken word sections in between and a hybrid of many musical styles. Especially because it was announced as a Latin album and that is not my music. Are you kidding me?, I found myself asking before listening to the album. The track list of Real Life Situations is 21 songs long. Just listen for starters to that lazy rhythm of the title song and I'm sure you'll know what I mean, when I tell you that listening to Ice Melt is worth the effort. That is one step ahead of Jinx that I remember not taking up all those years ago. It's an album that takes more effort to appreciate. A fact that deserves some more emphasis in my humble ears.Īll in all it makes Ice Melt an album that is hard to instantly like, while at the same time I think it is an album that is more than just nice to know. This is rather surprising as drummer Jonathan Gilad is capable of playing, in my ears, complex rhythms like in 'Balloon'. This results in the subdued sound of the album. Almost as if recorded from under a thick eiderdown, synthetic in sound. What I notice is that the rhythms on Ice Melt are extremely bare and dry in sound. in the change in 'Trophy', where the tempo and mood of the song totally change into something else. If I had to point to his influence, it is e.g.
to work with producer Jonathan Rado (of Foxygen fame) on Ice Melt. The voice of singer Lila Ramani is soft, always just above the music, making band and singer almost one. The sound is kept small with only mild excursions into beats or exuberance. The mood of the album in general is closed and subdued. What I hear is an alternative indie band presenting itself as if in lockdown. While working on Ice Melt the world caved in on itself and that affected Ice Melt according to the band. It took Crumb five years to release it's second album, following 'Jinx' (2016). Today two albums that were in fear of dropping of the list but together found a spot on the blog: Ice Melt by Crumb and Real Life Situations by Juan Wauters.
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