Karma Voyage – Lights In Forgotten Places (Album – Shyrec / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Shoegaze, Dream-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Italian formation Karma Voyage strikes back unleashing their debut full length which has been released as a collaborative production between Shyrec (Italy) and Icy Cold Records (France).
Content: Just as for their previously released and self-named EP the band mixes different influences together. From Dark-Rock/Wave to Shoegaze and Dream-Pop the songs are driven by impressive guitar play, now and then injecting a Psychedelic touch to the work. The vocals create a heavenly sensation which is perfectly matching with the sound production.
+ + + : Karma Voyage has seriously improved most details of the production. The album takes off in a terrific way featuring a succession of great, accomplished, songs. The guitar injects a true spirit which is merging 80s elements together with a Dark-Wave touch. I even got the sensation to get in a trance when listening to “Em”, “Circles Sides” and “New Foundations”.
– – – : Just the very last part of the album can’t convince me a similar way; the songs becoming a bit more predictable for being linear.
Conclusion: Karma Voyage brings a great and creative work of 80s influences they adapted into a personal production.
Best songs: “Em”, “Circles Sides”, “New Foundations”, “Shine”, “Branches Of An Old Ash”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/Karmavoyageband
Labels: www.shyrec.it / www.facebook.com/Shyrec / www.facebook.com/icycoldrecords
About Karma Voyage
Karma Voyage is a dark-wave and shoegaze project from Venice, Italy, formed at the end of 2019 by Luca Castellaro (guitars, vocals) and Giuseppe Brunetti (guitars). Alvise Scarpa (bass), Leonardo Sebastiani (synth) and Stefano Anoè (drums) joined later, and the band mixes 1960s-rooted psychedelic textures with 1980s dark-wave. Karma Voyage released a self-titled EP before signing to Shyrec (Italy) and Icy Cold Records (France) for the debut full length “Lights In Forgotten Places”, issued January 27, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digital formats.
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