Music Review // Globus "Cinematica" (Imperativa Records)

https://imperativarecords.bandcamp.com/album/cinematica

There has possibly not been a more fitting album title for a collection of songs than to call this "Cinematica".   Far too often when listening to these songs, I just think about how cinematic they feel and in that sense, it truly feels like this album tells a story in the same way that a movie does.   The thing is, if you're looking for that nice 90 minute comedy type of movie-- this isn't that album.   This is that epic adventure that you need to watch in parts and I do enjoy that about it as well- an album which feels like it has some weight to it.  

Globus begins this album with an intro and then on the second track it turns to this steady, heavy rock with synths.   By the time we get to "O California" though I hear these elements of Metallica.  It's solemn.  There isn't really metal in it, per se, but it has that underlying way about it.  In contrast, "False Redeemers" feels like something out of a video game but in a LOTR way and I'm certainly into that.

"War" still has those Metallica vibes and it breaks down into a screamy moment.   This definitely feels like something I would've heard on Wind-Up Records back in the early '00s.  There is a fantastic cover of "I'm Afraid Of Americans" on here, which feels closer to the NIN way, and then it drifts off into a spoken word number.   "Mighty Ship" has big, triumphant horns while "Seraphim" can feel like the song in a movie trailer.  "Brothers in Arms" has that big MCR feel to it as well.

There are big ballad feels on "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "You And I" reminds me a bit of Flora Cash.  Perhaps one of the most impressive qualities of this album is that as big as it is (in the sense of it being long in terms of time) these songs just all find a way to come together to where you never feel like you've stepped into a different movie, but yet they don't run together either as they all stand on their own merits.  This is something difficult to do in a forty minute album but the way Globus has done this over an hour is truly remarkable.