Greece, 2002, psychedelic folk / Greek folk

Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου (Thanasis Papakonstantinou) – Αγρύπνια: The melancholy, gypsy-like strings, or the crickets who sing only when Papakonstantinou doesn’t, or the dirty, lazy horns, or the straight-up soft rock sounds, or the stripped-down acoustic guitar with a slight post-rock metallic whine in the background…this album mixes psych rock with Greek folk very well without being tryhard about it. It’s got an easy, admirable confidence about it.