Tutankamon – Tutankamon

Releasedate: 01-03-2010; Label: Playground Music
By: Lara Cappelli

Swedish rock band Tutankamon registered their first demo and sent it to Playground Music in the fall of 2008. After that, they got the chance to register the other half of the album in the February of 2009 and release the whole work under the name of “Tutankamon”.

The initial spookiness given by the band/album’s name revealses itself to be just apparent as after couple of listening Tutankamon turns out to be far from fearful. The interesting characteristic of Tutankamon music is its aged atmosphere made clear by a pretty particular use of guitars which sound quite older. The songs of the album are all in line with that feeling that, in the beginning, gives an enjoyable sensation to the listener; it goes a bit down after a while, as the songs actually don’t differ much one from the other. The ballads make up a bit for that by giving a new, romantic note to the album like “The Grown-Up” that is one of them. On one hand you get bored by that repeated feeling, but on the other hand one thing to say is that the band always stays true to the atmosphere they want their music to convey and created an actual compact and homogeneous work. The album is surely very relaxing and smooth, but one thing the band should work a bit more on is the impact that their music is supposed to have on the listener, which so far isn’t the most impressive.

Links:
Tutankamon MySpace