The design of the album is very minimalist. Did you want to go back unnoticed?
We have always strived to make the design different because it is an essential part of our personality. In fact, this time we have worked in all areas of the group on paths that we have not walked before. That’s why we made this album because we want to grow and enjoy music.
Is there really a “Basque City”?
Our Basque City is Bilbao, everything else is entelekias. With music, there is no need to use a single truth to show the world the way it is.
43°14.51N 2°56.39W. Are you quite clear about the exact position you are in?
Sometimes the longest and most complex trips take place in a rehearsal place; these are the coordinates of our place.
There are many times when there is no voice. Do you want to put yourself on the same level as another instrument, without dominating it?
In music it is much easier to “put” things than to remove them. A lot of people say they see a lot of elements in our music, but we don’t think it’s that big of a deal. In some parts of the process the goal is to “remove” things, and for that you have to see the songs from the outside as if they were not your own. And so the voice can be less important than the other resources.
It seems that in this album you have been more free to compose than in the previous ones. Is that how it is?
Oh, yeah, yeah. Imagine that we didn’t know if we were going to get a new drummer or not. Everything was in the air and that gives you incredible freedom.
Was life in “two colors” easier or more difficult?
It’s not that it was easier or more difficult, but that in the old days everything was new; that feeling is one of the things you lose when you grow up.
“I don’t have a mirror at home.” Is it only necessary to look inside when creating?
The whole letter is actually made in the second person, it is sometimes easier to have the same mirror when creating it.