TVD Album Review: Pancho-san’s
Oh, Mellow Melody

Former and current Rogue Wave and Beulah members pay tribute to Don Quixote and Bay Area culture with melodic jangles and abstract hooks.

Fearlessly marching to the beat of their own musical challenges, Pancho-san has put together an eclectic set of songs that evoke early-era prog folk musicians like Fairport Convention and The Incredible String Band with their dream-like structures and bold instrumentals that would make Cervantes proud of the tribute.

On a journey of the imagination, Pancho-san runs through vast musical landscapes with reckless abandon and creativity as far as the eye can see. Tracks like “There Were Trumpets Blaring” come at you guitars, horns, and percussion aplenty that make you feel like you are experiencing the most dramatic Mexican sunrise you could ever witness. Other songs easily downshift into the cool, calm, and relaxed (“Kick The Fences Down”) into pure folksy goodness (“Diamonds”).

So, come pull up a chair, sit close to the fire, have a drink and listen to the musical stylings of a band that hasn’t just written an album, they’ve created an adventure.

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