Alcàntara - Tamam Shud (2025)

Tamam Shud flows like an inner film, where psychedelia meets progressive rock, blues dissolves into the ether, and the voice becomes a ritual instrument. The title — which means “it's over” in Persian — is key: what is closing is a cycle, but what is opening is a boundless sonic vertigo.

It is a layered, profound album that feeds on rarefied atmospheres and cosmic openings. Alcantara’s rock does not seek immediate impact: it creeps in slowly, like sand in time, revealing its strength in the details and the silences.

Cinematic liquid guitars, often in slide, halfway between the American desert and the shores of the Mediterranean. Warm, earthy, essential bass and drums: they build hypnotic and deep grooves that are never predictable. Keyboards and synths creep in like fog: they hint, evoke, open up landscapes. The voice is whispered, lyrical, often more evocative than narrative. The singing is in Italian and English, as if wanting to cross emotional boundaries.