Very happy to reintroduce this
blog's section, several great
Spanish bands discovered recently!
Coach Station Reunion. Here's the Barcelona based solo project of
Xavi Rosés, leader of bands Fred i Son, The Epic Kind and Senderos. A "
Covers Record" EP, with versions of
BMX Bandits, The Field Mice and Prefab Sprout was his first digital release in 2011. Then came the 7” “
Eli EP” on Discos de Kirlian in 2012, and his participation at the The Great Escape Festival
. Finally, after digital single "
In the Night" in April of 2013, we can enjoy his debut LP, "
Lost Album" since past week. Warm, delicate, intimate. A genuinely
disarming delight of softpop and
jangle-pop tunes, packing rescued old gems with new wonders on a collection that makes Xavi Rosés a privileged disciple of his seminal pop masters. Extraordinary.
Gente Joven. A bit of mystery and a lot to love in this personal project of Fernando de la Flor, hailing from León. Teaming up with Patricia Magadán and Pablo Álvarez,
as a trio they have offered us a couple of tunes in June, two more in August and, at the end of September, again in
Discos de Kirlian, their first record, "
I, II, III y IV". Eight tunes gathering the first demos with four new ones, on a surprisingly
mind-blowing collection of
melodic dream-pop with whispered male-female vocals, slightly obscure, melancholic and moody. Precious songs.
Cristina Quesada. Last proposal comes from an ultra-young musician from the Canary Islands but based in Madrid that, starting at a very young age became a music-lover, as well as a precocious artist -music theory, violin, theater groups, a local tv program- until at 15 she discovered the ukulele. The 7" EP "
Pineapple Princess", her only release to date, came out on
Elefant Records this summer, leaving us wondering where is this haunting charm coming from. An impossibly sweet voice and her ukulele in six songs covering the Sherman Brothers, Billy Rose and Lee David, the essential indiepop band Family, or Paul Bevoir,
Cristina Quesada's music is
one to fall in love with and hope for more to come.
Coach Station Reunion. Here's the Barcelona based solo project of Xavi Rosés, leader of bands Fred i Son, The Epic Kind and Senderos. A "Covers Record" EP, with versions of BMX Bandits, The Field Mice and Prefab Sprout was his first digital release in 2011. Then came the 7” “Eli EP” on Discos de Kirlian in 2012, and his participation at the The Great Escape Festival. Finally, after digital single "In the Night" in April of 2013, we can enjoy his debut LP, "Lost Album" since past week. Warm, delicate, intimate. A genuinely disarming delight of softpop and
jangle-pop tunes, packing rescued old gems with new wonders on a collection that makes Xavi Rosés a privileged disciple of his seminal pop masters. Extraordinary.
Gente Joven. A bit of mystery and a lot to love in this personal project of Fernando de la Flor, hailing from León. Teaming up with Patricia Magadán and Pablo Álvarez, as a trio they have offered us a couple of tunes in June, two more in August and, at the end of September, again in Discos de Kirlian, their first record, "I, II, III y IV". Eight tunes gathering the first demos with four new ones, on a surprisingly mind-blowing collection of melodic dream-pop with whispered male-female vocals, slightly obscure, melancholic and moody. Precious songs.
Cristina Quesada. Last proposal comes from an ultra-young musician from the Canary Islands but based in Madrid that, starting at a very young age became a music-lover, as well as a precocious artist -music theory, violin, theater groups, a local tv program- until at 15 she discovered the ukulele. The 7" EP "Pineapple Princess", her only release to date, came out on Elefant Records this summer, leaving us wondering where is this haunting charm coming from. An impossibly sweet voice and her ukulele in six songs covering the Sherman Brothers, Billy Rose and Lee David, the essential indiepop band Family, or Paul Bevoir, Cristina Quesada's music is one to fall in love with and hope for more to come.
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