Traditions must be respected. Or at least, the good ones. This is what Barcelona residents Mishima must be thinking, who continue year after year to hold a Christmas concert, which usually turns into a pleasant evening among peers who grew up in Catalonia with their songs. For some, it's like making the uncle poop or setting up the nativity scene, another holiday routine. Thus, faithful to the self-imposed custom more than a decade ago and which not even the pandemic was able to interrupt, the band led by David Carabén returns next week to what is one of its temples in the Catalan capital, the Apolo room.
And they do it twice, because the tour announced last October, with a stop in Barcelona on Thursday the 22nd, was insufficient for some of their traditional followers, which forced the group to put a new date on the calendar : on Wednesday 21. Before that, the tour will have passed through Vic (day 15) and Tarragona (day 16) and will continue, after the Catalan capital, through Valencia (day 28), Salt (day 29) and Lleida (day 30) . On stage, in addition to Carabén, there will be Marc Lloret on keyboards, Dani Vega on guitar, Xavi Caparrós on bass and Alfons Serra on drums. For the occasion they will have Bernat Sánchez on keyboards.
With more than twenty years of career behind him, tours like the one this December serve to collect the fruits of an artistic consistency that is hardly disputable. The celebrated L'aigua clara, published in the spring of 2022, was another step in this consolidation that they take conscientious care of, especially when it comes to maintaining loyalty with their audience. On this album, the ninth of the line-up, they haven't strayed a millimeter: there is no shrill steering wheel or unexpected plot twists. Mishima knows what needs to be done and does it: he knows where he feels comfortable and works on it. And his audience doesn't blame him for it, on the contrary, it's what they expect. Perhaps the cliché of maturity here fits perfectly. The lyrics of the album continue in the line of talking about love, the passage of time, modernity or (bad) customs, but now simply add the perspective of adding a few more years.
In this way, these indie-pop classics in Catalan arrive at Apolo eager to receive and offer a magnificent gift. After presenting the first music video of the album, Mia Khalifa, and celebrating an unforgettable night at the Palau de la Música last October, the concerts this December will combine the themes of the last album with those of a lifetime. A piece of mud, Everything starts again, The smell of the night or Who loves more aspire to be cheered on by the city's supporters who are already over forty and who, following the spirit of these dates, will gather as if it was a family meeting. But this time they won't do it because of the commitment.
