Giöbia have always
treated sound as a kind of magic trick, one built from swirling guitars,
hypnotic rhythms, and organ tones that shimmer like mirages. Formed in Milan,
this Italian quartet has spent over a decade exploring the borderlands between
late-60s psychedelia and cosmic rock, creating music that feels like an endless
hallucination under the Mediterranean sun. From their early days with “Hard
Stories” to the vibrant chaos of “Plasmatic Idol” and the acid-drenched “Acid
Disorder,” they’ve become a reference point for the European psych scene.
With “X-Æon,” Giöbia turns their spaceship toward a darker, more
cinematic frontier. The album expands their signature sound into something
larger and more introspective. Guitars stretch like starlight across the mix,
and Melissa Crema’s organs and synthesizers
wrap the songs in a soft electric fog. “Voodoo Experience” opens like a ritual
under ultraviolet light, before “Fractal Haze” dissolves into spiraling
patterns that’s endless. “The Death Of The Crows” drifts through sorrow and
mystery, while “1976” channels an eerie nostalgia for a decade that still
echoes through fuzz pedals and analog synths.
Giöbia no longer sound like they’re paying tribute to
psychedelia’s past; they’re inhabiting their own version of it, a
self-contained dimension where sound bends time. The album’s balance between
ritualistic trance and melodic craft shows a band completely at ease with their
identity. It’s not a perfect work, its long passages sometimes dissolve into
repetition, but its immersive quality and emotional depth make it hard to turn
away. “X-Æon” is an invitation to drift, to stare at the ceiling and imagine
galaxies moving behind your eyelids. Giöbia remains
among the few bands who can make the psychedelic experience sound sincere,
alive, and still expanding.
Score: 7.5
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