Muddy Manninen

Muddy Manninen – River Flows (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:10 minutes | 551 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Presence Records

Humble guitar hero and his coterie of kindred spirits go for the pulsing jugular and the stylistic estuary.

“Ice melting, rivers flow”: here’s a line from “Being One” – one of the songs Jyrki Manninen co-wrote for his last album with WISHBONE ASH – which best summarizes the shift from the Finnish artist’s solo debut to his sophomore effort, and the shift from plural impression of the veteran’s creative force to a singular stance, too. Yet while solitude may seem to be oozing out of Muddy’s second record’s title track, the instrumental not only serves as its gloriously dramatic finale but also emerges out of the exquisite “River” – so passionately voiced by Melanie Denard to stress that this album is all about the groove and the tone: hence another shift – from “Long Player”‘s monochrome cover to a new set’s colorful artwork. The shift reflecting the music inside.

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