Genre: Dark Folk / Neoclassic / Post Industrial

Track Listing:

01 La Defunción - Intro
02 Der Blaue Reiter - Eyes Of The Lost
03 Persona - Dia D'hivern
04 Eldar - Baraeco Sin
05 Silent Love of Death - Como La Piel
06 The Joy of Natura - A Theatre Burning
07 Ô Paradis - Sonámbulos
08 Kuu - Why Do I Hate You, Finland
09 Kutna Hora - Little Flowers In My Hands
10 Fayrierie - Restless Sleep
11 Narsilion - Las Puertas del Mar
12 Trobar De Morte - The Sorceress
13 Las Gueta La Runa - Painfullove
14 Caustic Records – Outro

Spain have produced a lot of great artists in the Dark Folk, Medieval, Neo Classical and Post Industrial genre so why not gather a bunch together on a collage of magical songs and visions of another world? Said and done My Dear Freaks 2 is the ascendant of the first, namely My Dear Freaks, in the collection of great and inspiring music from the land down south. On for the ride is also Kutna Hora of Argentina and The Joy of Nature of Portugal, all together it is a wild rush through magical forests and shady cafes.

Starting out on the album is a track that I assume is created by the people behind the record label Le Defuncion, or at least that’s the only logical explanation I have for the name. It is basically a rhythmical song with a buzz of horns added to it along with some weird almost chanting of a female and some screams at the end. It is a good intro I guess although to short to really say anything. It gets followed up with Eyes of the Lost by Der Blaue Reiter, a song that reminds me a lot of martial projects such as Dernière Volonté or maybe Rome although with that charming Spanish accent to the English vocals. The third track by Persona is quite different with its ambience in the beginning leaning more and more over into a silent chorus of flutes and enchanting female vocals, it is really a soothing and lovely track filled with exotic visions of magic long lost. The fourth track by Eldar is another martial industrial track with a chanting male voice speaking in the background, quite majestic in its essence. The fifth track by Silent Love of Death really appeals to me with its minimal ambient landscape and its mysterious almost ritual vocals and static slow drumming, like a slowly draining nightmare. The sixth track by The Joy of Natura is slowly instrumental folkloric song played by flute, strings and the gentle sound of pouring water. It then changes mood into a more bizarre instrumental twist like that of Devil Doll, redeeming but still its intro is the strong part. Next up is Ô Paradis with a folkish song that adds some bizarre choirs mixed into the more rural and quite parts.

Number eight by Kuu is just weird, some Arabic sounding background to a steady bass and some guy who apparently hate our neighbours. Kutna Hora delivers a song with a mix of both pop and neo folk, its quite good but the message makes me wanna puke. Fayrierie is ye olde Spanish neo folk with strings and a lamenting make vocal, I cant really complain but not my piece of music. Narsilion is splendid as always with their fae-inspired music that actually breaks through even my harsh surface, I have a true genuine love for this band and all their spinoff project including Trobar de Morte and Der Blau Reiter. The music of this retinue is dreamy, enchanting and inspiring and it is no mystery that all three appear on this very album. It would be a great buy just for the three acts alone so consider the rest a big bonus. Since I have already mentioned Trobar de Morte number thirteen is Las Gueta La Runa with a quite basic, neofolkish and catchy song, however the mix is somewhat bad and the buzz tend to go through my speaker when the female vocals peaks. No big downside but still its notable. The last song called outro is performed by, ehm, Caustic Records and is a dreamy and quite interesting mix of ambience, vocals and martial drums. Interesting..

This is a great collection of artists and I would be a fool not to recommend it for the sole purpose of enlightening people around the world of the rich and great material that Spain do contribute with to the underground scene. Get it for the sake of finding a new a ripe group of artists to devote a portion of your economy to or just indulge in those that you have yet to hear..