Magdalena Solis - Hesperia

Magdalena Solis is a two-piece audio-visual experiment that combines elements of Psych-Rock, Drone, Ambient and Kosmische with eastern melodies and instrumentation. The result is an arid sound you might associate with Grails, Master Musicians Of Bukkake or White Hills. 'Hesperis' sounds like a hands on, labour of love type affair with a home/budget produced sound yet the variety of ideas on display here implies a great level of talent and patience from the musicians involved. This stuff can only be described as cinematic in nature and would benefit greatly from the visual accompaniment that I'm sure the duo make good use of live. The wah-heavy guitars form dense layers of hazy drone, synths colour and spookify and the drums play the ever consistent roll as the catalyst for movement. Found sounds and ambient effects play a significant roll in setting the scene and again, imply an emphasis on the visual. Other than that there's not a huge amount to say. If you like your psych epic in tone and eastern in delivery then you should definitely check this out.