Mongolia-based collective Uudee’s Swashbuckling Dandies unveil a mystique-filled rock sound across their debut album, NOWSTALGIA. No stranger to sprawling, creatively eclectic rock experimentation, the band excel across the release — kick-started right away by the dizzyingly beautiful synth and guitar interplay within “Face Suite.” That brief introduction then gives way to the majestic “Yo Face – String Version,” which swells from steady guitar-laden pulses into a caressingly psychedelic appeal; calming vocals and heartrending string arrangements follow accordingly, fully captivating.
Another highlight, “Could U Rly Luv Me” displays the act’s tendency for more heart-tugging folk glimpses. The title-touting questioning melds with twangy guitar trickles and cinematic, sweeping strings. “Could you be there for me?” an additional vocal presence emits, conjoining in a duet during the “we’ll have a beautiful life, you and I,” adoration; the yearning to be side-by-side, and take on life together, is gorgeously conveyed. From the swampy psych-rock envelopment of “oh baby!” to the riveting guitar/synth/strings fusing within finale “Somewhere Along In Time,” NOWSTALGIA concludes in exceptional form as well — marking a consistently enthralling success from Uudee’s Swashbuckling Dandies.
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“Could U Rly Luv Me” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
