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I’ve been following Merope’s ascent from their more acoustic roots to folktronic royalty with interest for a few years now. Consisting of Lithuania’s Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė, who takes care of vocal duties and kanklės (yes I had to look it up too) and Belgian Bert Cools who’s responsible for guitars and electronics.
The project has its roots in Lithuanian folk, revels in today’s golden age of musical fusion whilst gazing curiously into the future. This latest album is another intricate and arresting listen, honestly they haven’t made a bad song yet and I urge you to dip into their back catalogue, but on Vėjula they’ve dialled up the electronic density and increased the cosmic intensity to create an ambient kosmische folk wonderland. Join the Lithuanian folk space program now.