Showing posts with label Nirvana (HRV). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nirvana (HRV). Show all posts

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Nirvana - Duh / Kome da Kažem. 1975 Croatia


Usually when I hear of a 45 single as "progressive rock", I take it with a grain of salt. Yet another dealer trying to pawn off their commercial rock single as "prog". And yes it happens a lot.

Nirvana is definitely progressive rock. Even though they are only a guitar trio here, the band constantly twists and turns through these songs. And it's hard rocking as well, marrying two of my favorite styles together. 'Duh' (Ghost) is slightly better, but I found both tracks easy on the ears. As I was scrambling for comparisons, the first band that came to mind was Argentina's El Reloj of all groups, but with only one guitar. It's the just the way the songs unfold. Nirvana sings in the native tongue, all the better as far as I'm concerned.

Other than this single, Nirvana were on two festival LP comps. If the band is this creative with their singles, then one has to think they could go deep on album. We can only hope that there are recordings lying around in Zagreb somewhere. Anywhere.

2/6/20

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