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That sounds more 'Roman' but it's not how Albanian usually sounds.
Half Romance half Slavic
Like some russian-turkish hybrid dialect
Because it's Gheg. The Albanians you're familiar with are Tosks and sound different. There's also the linguistic monstrosity that is Standard Albanian that you've probably also heard.
More Gheg Albanian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7gYo5NXIYo