Description

Full length album released in paper card cover

Galaverna is like a lost Scandinavian folk psych gem. They don’t make music like this anymore. Except they do! Galaverna will spirit you away with strings, flute, percussion, and evocative vocals that weave enthralling tapestries of dreamy darkness. A beautiful vision beautifully realized. Mystic, mysterious, medieval, mesmerizing, mind-melting acoustic 70s prog folk. Galaverna hails from Italy and Dodsdans is their debut album, released back in September of 2019. Galaverna’s Dodsdans is the real deal. This music has lots of names like doom folk or acid folk, but really, the band makes acoustic sounds that resonate like the dark melodic wind as it brushes the branches of oak trees in a very old forest. It’s spooky autumnal Wickerman stuff. The first two tunes work together. Dods begins with an acoustic guitar and shadowy vocal. A violin haunts the melody. Bass and drum drop in a beat; then the second song, Dans repeats the acoustic guitar, but a flute flits the melody until the vocals re-emerge (with violin in tow) to capture a sacred moment of chanted dark forest beauty. The final song, Uppvaknande, stretches to almost nine minutes. Its title is the Swedish word for Awakening, and for the first six minutes or so, the violin driven instrumental section does recall the great sound of Sweden’s own Kebnekaise. There’s a deep pause, and then the final vocal/guitar/piano/song drifts off with that quiet autumnal wind. This is music that touches old spirits. They are ancient spirits that sing their songs with acoustic vibrations and voices. They chant. And they congregate in the midst of darkly wooded cathedrals to rekindle the bonfires of old songs and new songs that brush the lovely branches of oak trees in a very old and very melodic musical forest.

Track list:
1. Dods
2. Dans
3. Cerberus
4. Sweet Annika
5. Smell Of Ember
6. Burning Ashes
7. Mothers Leaving
8. Uppvaknande