Album Review

Helado Negro – Awe Owe

• 14th Aug 2009

A more chilled affair from this Spanish acoustic band.

It can veer on the edge of generic folk, but for a large part is a cross over with ambient chilled music. Whilst some of the more melodies work can work a charm, the mainstay here is the almost chanting yet wearisome voice of their lead. With a repetitive drum beat behind him and you get what almost sounds like being drawn into a Native American chant round a campfire.

The vocal work and sometimes obscurity of the mix can often sound like being stuck in a bit of a trance, so if you’ve been smoking something flavoursome then it might work well. Otherwise concentrating too hard on the music can cause a bit of a headache. Purely for background mood then.