Band : Aleppo Pine
Album Title : Holy Picnic
Label : Alone
Distributor : Clearspot
Release Date : 2010
Review : CD

So the Spanish label Alone Records finally heaves themselves upon the modern folk/psych bandwagon and it is a winner. When listening Holy Picnic , one it perceives like they expand the barriers of their material, a cunning mixture of psych, folk, medieval, progressive rock and world music., Despite the acoustic guitar presence, the music is not sterile in this area, giving also roles to good ol’ moog and various folk and Arabic woodwind instruments, as well as a good range of percussion.

It is difficult to give relating to the reader so that you have an idea of the music of Aleppo Pine, but let us say that if join Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) and Linda Hoyle (Affinity) with Devendra Barnhart, Trees, Pearls of Swines and Mellow Candle probably something would come out similar.

Anyone even slightly into the folk- prog scene should check this one out.

Peter Brems.