Review: There's a good chance the name Misha Panfilov doesn't mean that much to you. Yet. The Estonian producer and musician is indicative of the thriving Tallinn music scene, and has worked with the liked of US maestro Shawn Lee, and also released work as Misha Panfilov Sound Combo. Despite those exceptional outings, though, Penza Penza might be the artist's finest project of the lot, with Neanderthal Rock the best outing to date.
Incredibly detailed, almost cacophonous stuff, to put it mildly, what's here is a trippy, psychedelic ride through the furthest reaches of rock 'n' roll, touches of folk, shoegaze, jazz, and downtempo electronic pop ensuring things rarely remain the same for very long on a full play through. Overall, though, the feeling here is one that has at least a foot stood in the 1960s, and another in the vast expanse of space itself.
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