Travalog
It all began as a small idea at the start of a big pandemic. A global pandemic. And a world in solitary confinement. A little country’n western guitar lick plucked on a Spanish guitar in…well Spain. The hinterland of Malaga to be precise. With some crooning vocals added by iPhone in Dublin. A coming to terms with the pandemic song if you will. A bleak dystopian world, but with hope that it won’t be forever. Rezo - the Spanish for prayer - seemed appropriate. The start of a year-long virtual collaboration. Here’s the evidence. A musical calendar - a song a month more or less. The confinement continued (and continues sadly). But luckily so did the songs. Songs of hope and the future. Of travels and the past. All set to images of a different time. When travel was possible…
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Travalog
what the critics said…
“Atmospheric calling card from [Rezo who] inhabit a hazy hinterland between melodic electronica and the moodier proto-Americana of say Sparklehorse or Mercury Rev. The varying sonic palettes weave together beautifully...”
UNCUT Magazine
“A real achievement; a triumph of great melody, feel, and above all songwriting. It would be a travesty if it didn’t make the best albums of the year”
Monolith Cocktail
“Travalog is a bit of a cracker…I love what they are doing here so much…”
Dancing About Architecture
“Our album of the week…an album of incredible coherence…this music is a real balm to our mistreated souls, by the lucidity and the humanity it carries, and lets us hope for clearer horizons…”
Le Village Pop, Paris