Indies Rec.
Boo : Listen (2002)***°
Boo is basically a rock group, with at least some chamber-like art-like associations. The group originates in Brno but, like Metamorphosis, and while led by the same violinist of the later formed Metamorphosis, the Austrian Christoph Pajer, (also on vocals, guitar, bass), the group also switches homes from Vienna to Brno. They feature some musicians that became like standard heroes, like the famous rock group Dunaj based, guitarist/bass guitarist, Josef Ostranský, and drummer Pavel Koudelka, as well as the Tara Fuki, Rale based Andrea Konstankiewiczová on violoncello and vocals.
The more rock orientated elements of the band are a bit more linear compared to most other bands listed on my pages, but are not as straight forward as a usual rock band, and are always attractive within its drive and with an open ear to fine combinations. This consists of a core fundament of -crafted- drums, bass and guitars, (with some additional fine acoustic guitar arrangements). This tock core is fired by additional cello arrangements and ideas, and with a song orientated approach of English written texts that are thematically dealing with a degree of frustration (broken relationships, misunderstandings in relations..). Their slightly aggressive approach is somewhere still more refined and subtly inter-layered compared to most foreign groups while it can’t help but to keep a chamber-art feeling distinctive enough. This is injected with its own kind of urban life energy, while being bewildered by the aforementioned frustrations. “Lost on the way” seems to have some electronic and amplified guitar experimentation as another instrument too.
PS. Boo combines members of Dunaj, E, Metamorphosis and Deep Sweden..
