Sulatron Records is proud to present you the debut album by a new italian psychedelic rock band!
Citrus Citrus was born in Padova in 2020 as an idea by guitarists Lorenzo Badin and Luca Zantomio, joined after some months by bassist Enrico Maragno and drummer Marco Buffetti. Citrus Citrus started as an instrumental project based on several jams and past explorations in psychedelic music, but eventually found its final form when joined by singer and producer Thomas Powell.
Albedo Massima revolves around the idea of metamorphosis: myths and legends from ancient Greek and Latin cultures contain the roots of our present feelings and obsession as humans and western societies. Along with the content of these mythologies and their migrations across the Mediterranean Sea and beyond, the concept of metamorphosis is reinforced by the Pomelo (the citrus in the cover art and symbol of the band), one of the three original citruses from which current species have evolved, both in natural and human purposes. The title is a play on words between botany and science: pomelos have a thick albedo under their peel, which is usually discarded but has distinct scent and texture; also, the maximum albedo (“Albedo Massima” in Italian) is registered when all incident light is reflected by a surface. “Sunday Morning in the Sun”, the opening track and first single from the album, follows the reflections of the sun as they dissolve into the space around them as well as Echo, the nymph whose body dissolves and whose voice eternally lingers in the landscape.
credits
released December 8, 2023
Recorded by Cristopher Bacco at Studio 2 Recording (IT)
Mastered by Giovanni Versari at La Maestà (IT).
Cover art by Gloria Shtini.
Line up:
Lorenzo Badin: Guitar, Farfisa organ, Sitar, Setar
Marco Buffetti: Drums, percussion, keyboards, Vibraphone, Farfisa, Piano
Enrico Maragno: Bass
Thomas Powell: Vocals, synth, percussion, programming
Luca Zantomio: Guitar, Saz.
A must for krautrock-heads, just like yours truly. prog? yes, in a certain sense. but the trance-inducing kind, more in tune with your unconsciuos mind and the Jungian archetypes therein than with ego-driven technical dexterity. a bit of Meddle-era Floyd meets Tangerine Dream, Neu!, Harmonia, Hawkwind, a little Gong, some early Mike Oldfield too. the mind's eye swallows us into the multiverse, and it's oh so beautiful..no need to come down. Fernando Benítez
Already had the digital but couldn't pass up on the vinyl when they found extra copies :D
sometimes you hear a record and think f**k me that is so good this is one of those grizzuk
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