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Last year, “vómito y mariposas” was released – the debut album by on of the most promising bands on the national scene, INTERROGACIÓN AMOR. 2021 is bringing us a new INTERROGACIÓN AMOR album, although from a very special lens: this is a revision of the songs that comprised that first step, with the collaboration of some very special travel companions who dress the songs up in radically new ways. The result is surprising. Each song goes in a new direction, many thanks to Carlos Martínez getting involved in the production work. It is a very special way to end an era and celebrate the first anniversary of the release of “vómito y mariposas” – with this revision, with special guests, that will be released in digital format with the title “mariposas y vómito”, and with that limited edition transparent 10” vinyl of the original album.

There is no doubt that we are looking at a great album, where the typical dispersion of this kind of exercise is transformed here into an orgy of artists and diversity of sounds that converge and feed off of each other. It is one great song after another. Addictive. And, what’s more, it works as something new and fresh in the midst of today’s sounds. Fancy trap, reggaeton, punk, synth-pop, hyperpop, electro… Let’s start our tour.

The instrumental “8,2 segundos” is revised by its own authors, increasing its ambient potential, sharpening its edges, getting even closer to THE XX. Incredible. “chicas guapas” gets an important shake-up from ALGO: the quartet gives it a special new reincarnation with incredible vocal work (autotune included), dark, solid programming, an absolutely unsettling collection of layers that brings it closer to things like LALI PUNA, THE POSTAL SERVICE, or even BONOBO. Valdivia breaks our hearts. “chicos feos” turns into a dark, silky path somewhere between GANGES and GOLDFRAPP, hunting down the most turbulent, disturbing spaces. Once again, their vocal tracks are absolutely magistral. LISASINSON floors the gas on “tú y yo” and, like the rest of the collaborations, are able to evoke the work of INTERROGACIÓN AMOR but fan the flames of HOLE, THE BREEDERS and DANDY WARHOLS. High voltage electricity. GINEBRAS make it their own, but multiplying the pop spirit of “mentira”, bringing it closer to COLA JET SET, CARIÑO and LA LA LOVE YOU, and turning the chorus into a highly hummable anthem. Sometimes it is incredible to think that behind that beautiful and elegant exercise in honest introspection that was released on “vómito y mariposas”, it has turned into such madness, full of extroverted energy. SHEGO completes to winning guitar group trio, and they take the song back to a new, unsuspected space. The rage and fury of PJ Harvey and ELASTICA, saturation and distortion, spite. IRENEGARRY (also in SHEGO) takes us back to the emotional impact that Valdivia had left us with. “mala fama” is nocturnal, vaporous, fragile, somewhere between PORTISHEAD and AIR. What a way to sing. What a way to tear us apart. And to close, “canción de amor” is an exercise in disco-funk that oozes groove and RnB, and which DANI gives a reggaeton twist in the chorus. The smoothest velvet.

“mariposas y vómito” is the front and back side. The other side of an album that is called to become a reference for music made in Spain in the 2020 decade. And it is the prolongation of artists capable of reinventing themselves, of turning their inspiration and other people’s talent into gold. Few musicians have shown themselves to be so capable, to have such a wide range of perspective and of registers in so little time. But above all else, “mariposas y vómito” is a powerful, unique and inimitable album. A rara avis, more for the concept behind it than for its results (although also for that too, to some extent). And the final, necessary question, that needs to be answered very quickly – what’s next?

mariposas y vómito

vómito (Feat. shego)

Niños furbito y niñas lo que sea

All belongs to Sand Canyon on Nico Nico Douga

おぼえよう・国の名前/Remember Country Names (Reupload)

bad apple nightcore

patito

You just can’t explain the phenomenon of AIKO EL GRUPO. They are an incomparable group. Their sense of humor, their irreverent and totally unbiased attitude, their ever-greater taste in melodies and arrangements, and their infinite energy are all ingredients in a recipe that results in something unique and inimitable. And their new album confirms all of this. “Me están apuntando con un arma” includes eleven songs that are over in the blink of an eye, and which make us dance wildly, get angry, laugh and feel excited like teenagers.

And this was all just reaffirmation, because we had already heard that impossibly amazing “Niños furbito y niñas lo que sea”, that pouring out of bile that is “k pesao”, “Sexo Fender (Cenicero)”, the song that gives us the line “Me huele el pelo a cenicero” (My hair smells like an ashtray) to the beat of pounding guitars, or that strange love story (or not) that is “Romantinski”. Their ability to create XXI century anthems confirms hits like “GTA” (or the epic, according to AIKO EL GRUPO), “wormz” and “Peñacastillo”. To this amazing cocktail, we have to add collaborations with two groups that are also specialists in never taking their foot off the gas pedal. MUJERES kills it on “Soy una fracasada estúpida” and Olaya from AXOLOTES MEXICANOS does her thing with “Es la forma que tienes de ocultar algo que hay en tu mente”. Sparks fly from the record player needle. And we have to give a special mention to that marvelous “Love song”, that shows us that they also know how to make incredible harmonies, even get a little sweet, with elegance and inspiration. But just the right amount. All of this under the vigilant eye and ear of Carlos Hernández on the control panel, who is responsible for making magic and bringing out the best in everything he touches.

To listen to “Me están apuntando con un arma” is to take a ride on an apocalyptic roller coaster, where anything can happen. You can feel sick or feel the indescribable adrenaline rush. You can even fall in love, almost by accident. Join the crowds on the Spanish scene that are already singing along with their unique lyrics at their powerful concerts. And soon in their cars, in their living rooms or in the clubs with the best music.

Keep your eyes peeled for the vinyl edition (which will sell out fast, like their last album did), which includes a 4-sided fold-out poster. The poster, of course, will also be included in the CD Digipak edition.

Me están apuntando con un arma

Es la forma que tienes de ocultar algo que hay en tu mente (Feat. Axolotes Mexicanos)

ROSAS y ESPINAS

ROSAS Y ESPINAS (Feat. Aiko el grupo)

Egoísta

ULTRASUR

arghHhh!

Si se muere tu perro

Bad Apple!!

Candy Mountain - Kirby Super Star

A song in a japanese show created by IOSYS.


Created in 2006.

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Va totalmente en serio...

Amigos para nunca (confía y te la lían)

Que Te Pires

Axolotes Mexicanos is a band original from Asturias. Olaya and Stephen met in the school and decided to start a band. They completed their new group with Juan, Olaya’s twin brother. Today the group is based in Madrid and Lucas (Confeti de Odio) and Mario (Carolina Durante) joined to them.

Their sound goes from crazy punk to the most playful, demo-friendly electro-pop with energy, muscle, strength and a lot of ferocity. As gleeful and childlike as the music seems, the lyrics are decidedly less than innocent, with subject matter including revenge fantasies, relationships with extraterrestrials, and bitter loneliness.

The debut EP, Infectados was recorded and produced by Eva and Iván (Juniper Moon, Linda Guilala). It has a sound close to Alaska Y Los Pegamoides or Helen Love.

 Holi <3 followed in 2015. It shows clear tendencies toward the J-pop that came out of Tokyo’s Shibuya

In 2017 released Trececatorce, which was significantly more electronic: synthesizers taken from one of CAPSULE’s songs, harmonies and arpeggios that would make tofubeats’ heads explode, super high speed pulled from Plus-Tech Sqeezebox and punk guitars that give shape to a new collection of perfect pop songs.

The full-length Salu2 appeared in 2018. This is Capital letter POP, twenty-first century: euro-pop, disco, pop-punk… A sound close to Shampoo or Phoenix. But no, there’s autotune and twisted frequencies, we can talk also about tofubeats and Kero Kero Bonito… Capital letter POP 21st century.

Que Te Pires

Axolotes Mexicanos

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