Des Moines
Like Freshly Mown Grass

"Like Freshly Mown Grass" by Italian singer-songwriter Simone Romei aka Des Moines is one of my favorite records in 2018. A wonderful album, filled with the most beautiful and saddest folk songs and superb solo acoustic guitar instrumentals.

The whole album is a homage to Romei's father, as you can tell by the artwork and the videos. Latter were cut from old super-8 footage, shot by his old man and his friends in the late sixties in an Italian small town.

As premiere, you can watch the video to "Wood Gathering" here, along with a few more.

Beside the beautiful melodies and Romei's soft voice, the string arrangements and the use of tambura and shruti box are adding a great deal to the magic of this album.

This record is highly recommended, and yes, I'm biased, because Simone Romei is a good friend who contributed some nice interviews to the blog.

"Like Freshly Mown Grass" is available on vinyl, cd and of course digital.

Produced by the Egle Sommacal.

Don't miss to download Des Moines ep "Backwoods"