EUTANÁSIA

Review by Chris Magdalenski

Understated, Quiet, Cool and Unexpected

The album’s opening bars languidly flow into my ears. A low-key drum beat sets the stage. Sharp-edged, with a digital crispness, it offers a brisk but comforting repetition as the deep warmth of the pads glide in around me. Already the album’s vibe is unmistakeable - a mellow drifting, occasionally broken by the grinding groove of an electric guitar. Everything is sparsely constructed with moments of richness peppered throughout. 

This is lounge music for the dark at heart.

The vocals merge perfectly with music. Deep and melancholy, they lead me on a grey-tinged journey through each track. Dipped in in varying levels of reverb and echo, they shift from distant and haunting to layered and urgent depending on the song.

As the album progresses the depth of the musicianship reveals itself. Tracks like “Staring Away” and “Outside” are imbued with the DNA of Ennio Morricone’s Spaghetti Western scores. I can almost hear them play as the background to some sun-scorched gothic western, or burned out Neo-noir. Movies that exist in my imagination everyday of the week — ones that I would definitely watch over and over again.

Eutanásia is the solo project and first full album of Brazilian musician and producer Pedro Werner. It’s an accomplished effort well worth the listen, and I look forward to hearing more from them in the future.

For more, visit https://eu-tanasia.bandcamp.com/album/eutan-sia