PAINTING PETALS ON PLANET GHOST - Haru No Omoi

Haru No Omoi is the third full length release from Painting Petals On Planet Ghost, the project of My Cat Is An Aliens Maurizio and Roberto Opalio featuring Ramona Ponzini (Black Magic Disco, Praxinoscope) on vocals. The MCIAA duo provide expertly restrained accompaniment with guitar, keyboard, and percussion of the spacious gong/cymbal/bell variety to create a minimalist realm for Ponzinis Japanese singing and spoken word that is all together captivating. This is an album of sparse, hypnotic folk and subtle drone, but it inhabits a galaxy containing a warmth and richness in detail quite unlike anything else the Opalios have laid their hands on. Track two, Sakura No Hana No Oto Ga Kikoeru, is a variation (or maybe the same exact version?) of the same song featured on the bands stunning 2005 self-titled debut release on Time-Lag. Housed in a heavy mini-gatefold sleeve. "Every track recorded in a different mystic location of the Western Alps, Piedmont, Italy between winter 2004, early fall 2006 and January 2009." - PSF.