Magnifier

With Magnifier Giöbia released their fourth album in 2015 and their second on Sulatron Records. This World Was Being Watched Closely makes it clear with an old sci-fi sample which direction the journey is heading. The quartet from Milan moves between acid rock, 60s garage and extended space rock and on Magnifier they audibly push this sound further into darker, heavier realms.

Tracks like The Pond and The Stain deliver dense, fuzz-drenched riffs with a slightly paranoid undertone, while Lentamente La Luce Svanirà shows the proggier, synth-heavy side of the band. With the over fifteen-minute Sun Spectre, the album unfolds its undisputed highlight which is an intergalactic trip on a ghost ship that oscillates between Hawkwind drive and cosmic prog improvisation before the title track The Magnifier closes the set with a touch of Syd Barrett-era Floyd.

Magnifier shows Giöbia at the peak of their powers, serving both the hard and delicate moments of psychedelic music equally and rightly celebrated as one of the highlights of 2015.

Giöbia are
Bazu – vocals, string instruments
Saffo – organ, violin, vocals
Detrji – bass
Betta – drums