Upon first listen to the new album by duo The Pilgrim, it’s incredibly hard to believe that the homeland for this opus is actually Italy. Described as ‘Space Folk’, The Pilgrim is somewhat of an oddity, and for thepsychedelic folk rock project, it sounds like they have been teleported straight out of the nineteen sixties, and right in to modern day life.
Multi-instrumentalist Gabriele Fiori forms one half of the band, some may know him as the front man for Black Rainbows, and for him this is primarily a solo project which has evolved, and he is joined on this adventure by Filippo Ragazzoni on percussion. All other instrument duties are covered by Fiori too, and these include vocal, guitar, and keyboards, but to name a few.
…From The Earth To The Sky And Back is the follow up to their debut Walking Into The Forest, which due to popular demand, is being reissued at the same time as this new album with the first pressing selling out.
To paint a picture sonically of The Pilgrim, if you think of The Eagles, or perhaps even Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, you wouldn’t be far wrong. There are also elements of Led Zeppelin at times, and even The White Buffalo, so I guess essentially it has a real acoustic ‘stoner meets country’ swagger about it all. Over the fourteen tracks we’re invited in to the world of The Pilgrim, and as a whole this is a very upbeat affair, it’s doesn’t wallow in pity, it isn’t aggressive in any way, and overall, it is a very proficient, expertly played opus.
The beginning third is somewhat of something you could compare to a spaghetti western, if feels like it would fit very well into a cowboy movie with no problem at all. The last third, by contrast, feels like a far more personal affair, a more honest depiction of life, and feelings, and they seem to fill the subject matter toward the end somewhat. Not so much in a morose way, more in the acceptance of life changing, and the acceptance that we aren’t as bulletproof as we think we are sometimes, and that we are always learning on this journey we call life. From: https://thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/the-pilgrim-from-the-earth/
