“Kinshasa” represents both strength and beauty. The percussion has a rhythmic sophistication and power befitting a song named for the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Early in the single from Black Flowers Cafe, the synth slow plays low-frequency notes that will vibrate the chest cavities of attendees of a live performance. Still, there is an underlying tranquility originating from the sounds of chirping birds and moving water, perhaps depicting the environment around the flow of the Congo River through the city of Kinshasa.
It isn’t until “Kinshasa” has progressed for more than a minute, and the listener is already fully invested, that the guitar enters with a delicate-yet-energizing riff. The synth shifts from an alignment with the power percussion to a partnership with the higher frequencies of the guitar.
The first half is praiseworthy, but Black Flowers Cafe fully justify the “stadium-ready” label on “Kinshasa” during the second half. At the 3:10 mark, a short pause separates the completion of the vocals from an instrumental finish to “Kinshasa.” Earlier, a second guitar hook is layered with the dominant guitar riff (around 2:43). And in the final seconds, the bass is allowed to take the spotlight.
Black Flowers Cafe is an Indie Rock band in Cosenza, Italy. The members of Black Flowers Cafe are Angelo Zicca (guitar) Antonio Nicoletti (drums, percussion), Gaetano Lidonnici (bass), and Fernando Rennis (vocals, guitar, synth). “Kinshasa” is the second single from Black Flowers Cafe's new album “Flow,” which will be released on May 29. The first single from the album was “Who.”
Quoting content in anticipation of the upcoming album:
“Black Flowers Cafe is back with a new album. ‘Flow’ is an exciting journey in which the wave of ‘Keep It Up’ and the jangle pop of ‘Who’ intertwine with the South American exoticisms of 'Caribe' and the African ones of ‘Kinshasa.’ A sound itinerary that chases bright indie echoes (‘Cocktail Party,’ ‘Stage One’) and intimate dream-pop shades (‘Up The River,’ ‘January’). If the band's sound is open to contamination, the lyrics reflect a delicate intimism that finds comfort in the novels of Sony Labou Tansi and Emmanuel Dongala, as well as in the verses of T.S. Eliot is longing for a real and imagined past. ‘Flow’ is a record to listen to as a whole, from beginning to end. Its circularity combines questions and answers in a flow of ten suggestions that in these difficult days represent a fascinating escape from reality."
“Kinshasa” by Black Flowers Cafe
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