810

Trementina refers to a turpentine-like solvent. The Chilean based band found the word unique because it is both open-ended as well as defining an agent used for erasing art. Their third and latest release 810, is the number of miles from Santiago to where the album was recorded. Feel free to drop these trivia tidbits into any conversation and amaze your friends.

For being only three members, this band stacks layer upon layer of their dense, swirling, and chorus-laden sound atop one another. The sounds harkens back to the golden era of said sound, which can be pleasing to the ears. The problem is that vocalist Vanessa Cea’s light and delicate soprano is often buried beneath the guitars and keyboards, rendering her most lovely instrument a bit lost in the echo. That’s a shame, and one that would seem to be easily fixed with some different production.