Last July they already moved forward with where things were going by releasing the single Los Angeles, a capsule of muscle, distortion and rock energy titled like the album it was going to host. It was to be expected if behind it was a superband – a concept currently very exceptional in the music scene – made up of two referential drummers of creativity, rhythm and the desire to go one step further: Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure, and Budgie, ditto of the no less iconic Siouxsie
The afterpunk spirit and sound are still there, in which names like James Murphy – from LCD Soundsystem – have not hesitated to collaborate, providing vocals on the aforementioned debut single. A proposal where, from the outset, it stands out that Tolhurst and Budgie at no time sound like they are plagiarizing themselves, and above all, where the common denominator is the absolute mandate of rhythm, with an eye also on experimentation. Thus, in the aforementioned Los Angeles, tribal boom-bum coexists with spasmodic blues and electronic echoes, the latter ingredient that also stands out in the enigmatic Dark Night, with the presence of The Edge. Because in addition to drumsticks and brushes, guitars, synthesizers, strings or brass emerge with shocking (in every sense) and dynamic effectiveness.
The lion of Belfast continues to shake his mane in the third album of 2023 and on this occasion he offers in Accentuate the positive a kind of look at his roots that draw on rockabilly and r
Already on their seventh album – second in Spanish – and barely known to the general fan, the people from Zaragoza argue again that they are not just another one. Rockers from an American source and produced by Hendrik Röver (Los Deltonos), they give life in a luminous and notably guitar-driven way to a fluid story about nonconformity and the enjoyment of life.
More than ever, the lyrics are the main protagonist of a work that reaffirms Valls as one of the creators to be taken into account on the local scene. This prevalence of lyrical nudity – mostly in Catalan and as a praise to imperfection – is not an obstacle for musical dresses to be as effective as they are attractive. And in the end, hope prevails.
