Recently, my wife and I watched a sweet documentary called Kedi, about streets cats in Istanbul and the locals who care for them. Today, I present for your listening pleasure three other cats from Istanbul, the brothers Onur, Halden, and Feridun Hürel, known collectively as 3 Hür-el. They were featured on this blog in 2016, and now they return with the sprawling, heavyweight rock of Sevenler Aglarmis, one of the greatest Turkish rock songs ever recorded.
It opens with massive slabs of descending guitars and drums, then enters into a wah wah melody that soon transforms into full on distortion. Turkish rock of this kind is usually tempered with gentle vocals, and this tune is no different. Feridun sings sweetly of lovers, tears, and dreams. I have found the title translated as both Lovers Would Cry, and The Lovers Had Cried.
Beneath and between the words, guitars strum, gurgle, and yowl. A web of guitars take off at 1:20, wah and distortion battling for a place at the table. Another clash occurs around 2:43, layers of distorted pitch bends and fast picked wah guitar. At 3:17, we take off onto a new plane, percussion transforming things into pure Turkish delight. Wah takes over at 4:19, followed by distortion at 4:33, then into solo percussion at 5:17 until the end.
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