CZARINA – Arcana (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Pop-Rock, Ethereal, Gothic.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: New-York (USA) native Vero Faye Kitsuné is operating from Spain. “Arcana” is her second full length album -the first one released by darkTunes, featuring ten songs.
Content: It’s nearly impossible defining the sound of this artist which rather sounds like the offspring between multiple influences. The songs have been composed with guitar and electronic arrangements. There’s an Ethereal touch running through some songs and which is also emerging from passages with choirs. The songs are dreamy but also powerful, melodic and still into a kind of Dark-Rock style mixed with Qntal. One of the songs is a cover version of Siouxsie & The Banshees’ famous “Cities In Dust”. The album ends with an instrumental edit of the song “Lost Lands”.
+ + + : CZARINA took me by surprise for its originality. The way all different influences have been brought together is remarkable but still very efficient. I like the melodic aspect of the songs but also the Ethereal influences. I more than once got the feeling of hearing Qntal mixed with Rock and Pop music. Several songs have a true elevating effect. There are several cool songs but I especially recommend “Wonderland”, “Atomic: Ad Initvm”, “Medusa” and “Excelsior”. The final songs which is an instrumental piece also is an attention grabber.
– – – : I don’t have real minus points to mention and I’m still convinced CZARINA has the potential to do better.
Conclusion: CZARINA’s “Arcana”-album is a true artistic music piece merging originality together with efficiency.
Best songs: “Wonderland”, “Atomic: Ad Initvm”, “Medusa”, “Excelsior”, “Lost Lands”.
Rate: 8½.
Side-Line covered the release in March 2022, reporting that “Arcana” was out via darkTunes Music Group, and had presented the single “Atomic: Ad Initivm” a year earlier.
Listen to “Arcana”:
Artist: www.czarina.com / www.facebook.com/czarinanyc
Label: www.darktunes.com / www.facebook.com/darkTunesMusic
About CZARINA
CZARINA, styled C Z A R I N A, is the project of Vero Faye Kitsuné, a New York native who works from Galicia in Spain. She writes, composes, arranges, performs, records and produces her own material at home.
The single “Atomic: Ad Initivm” appeared through darkTunes in March 2021, with additional production, mixing and mastering by Von Hertzog of The Social Club. “Arcana”, her second full-length, followed on darkTunes Music Group in March 2022, with Von Hertzog again credited as co-producer, mixing and mastering engineer.
Every track on “Arcana” was written by Czarina except “Cities In Dust”, originally written by Siouxsie Sioux, Budgie and Steven Severin. The limited CD edition carries nine tracks and the digital release adds an instrumental version of “Lost Lands”.
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