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We’re Listening with EMW: “Make Your Move” by Trad.Attack!


Trad.Attack!'s latest album “Make Your Move” is an exploding box of high energy spirits that will proceed to come out and talk with you before sending you along your merry way.

From the first track “Rikas sittus”, a pounding groove and jagged guitar take listeners to new places in the trio's journey. By the end of the album, you will be overwhelmed by the sheer force of the music they create, with a push and pull that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
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This is Trad.Attack!'s most vigorous release to date, and definitely one that you should listen to with a bit of extra volume. In fact, you might want to do some physical activity while listening, to fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere. Their previous EP and two albums have demonstrated their ability to capture magic as its ebbs and flows in our terrestrial existence. Their music has been characterized by the use of archival recordings, especially of rhyming, rhythmic regilaulud. And while these traditional folk songs still play a role in “Make Your Move”, this album has an especially fresh, participatory quality to it, that encourages us to press forward with the strength we receive from those ancient compositions. With all of this extra energy, it truly feels like a call to leap, act, and yes—move. (Read more: Estonian Life No. 17 2020 – Paper/DIGI)

Written by Vincent Teetsov

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