Sunday, April 13, 2025

Satwa ~ Argentina


Danza de Amor. 1983 Raviol

Satwa play a type of commercial rock with period instrumentation. Very much like an American AOR band with ballads and occasional harder edged guitars (think same era Journey) but sung in Spanish. A4 draws on some Yes themes (one chord progression comes straight from 'And You and I') but is slick and very much watered down. Straightforward and rather uninteresting overall. Not neo prog, hard rock, nor jazz fusion, at least as I define those terms.   

Priority: none

11/7/23 (review); 4/13/25 (new entry)


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