BRANKO MATAJA - Over Fields And Mountains LP Postpunk with bracing rumination and longing

with bracing rumination and longing delivery

the MARVELOUS DARLINGS features BEN COOK from FUCKED UP doing some of the best ‘77 punk meets power pop since the Exploding Hearts

and all kinds of subtle yet elaborate arrangements for strings

) within which to record – attempting to draw out their ghosts / histories

just so alive

BRANKO MATAJA - Over Fields And Mountains LP Postpunk with bracing rumination and longingRecalling Ennio Morricone spaghetti westerns, the electrified belly dance music of Omar Khorshid, and 90s bedroom psychedelia at once, the music of Branko Mataja is from its own epoch. Snatched from the streets of Belgrade as a teenager, Mataja spent World War 2 in a German work camp, escaping the insanity of post war Europe to settle in North Hollywood to live out the American Dream to its fullest. Crafting handmade music on homemade guitars