GOWY - ATOMS

• gowy: atoms
      (2015, cd, france, private release)

Driving to Antwerp and to Brussels, I had Gowy's "Atoms" album in my car the last couple of days.
Instrumental, lyrical, guitar-driven rock. Great tunes.
This morning, I listened to the album once again. This time with the headphones. It sounded, as one might expect, even better.

Grégory Françpois' guitar is in the center of things, but the other musicians need some credit as well. Fierce drumming, beautiful percussion (I just love the sound of that marimba), unison playing, energetic solos,...
Love it.

As an unexpected surprise, the inside artwork of the fold-out cardboard sleeve shows a picture of the band in their recording / rehearsal studio with a concert poster of Frank Zappa (as the Mona Lisa) on the wall. Unexpected, but not unlikely.

Highly recommended.