The magic potion of innocence
- BELARMIÑAK::First steps Self-production, 2014 belarmi-ak.bandcamp.com
In the United States it is very common that musicians who in the past have worked both hardcore and other harder songs are currently making power-pop or in most cases music with roots. When I'm talking about roots music, I mean blues or Americans, this last more modern country. Ask, if not, many hardcorists who last year visited Red Kross; or repair the family trees of many of those under the so-called ‘American’, among others.
On the other hand, it is true that many musicians tend more and more to minimalism; to write and interpret songs as nude as possible. Other examples include Eddie Spaghetti, Supersuckers, Nick Olivery and Iñigo Cabezafuego. The example of Joseba Irazoki is not worth us, but he gets naked in his solo project, which he bewitches.
Behind the new Belarmiñak project are the tolosarras Joxi Ubeda and Iker López. The first, besides being part of the group of Torture Systka, pioneer of the hardcore of the area, is a veteran who has worked on raw projects such as Azken, Batzuk and others; and the other, who played the guitar with imagination and gave a glam touch to Lobo Electrico. The two together, with Joxi singing and with the acoustic guitar, and Iker with the electric guitar, adding colors to the songs. As a curiosity, his first action took place in the provisional resurrection of the System of Torture.
In Lehen urrats, the initiative has six themes, all of them between pop and folk, sung in Basque and by Joxi, but they already have more musicians to their alrededor.La archery wants to lengthen the work. As Joxi's shaded song describes the prison that we have created ourselves, Iker creates environments with a special echo, and occasionally the accordion gives him a folk touch. The friendly atmosphere has a more special touch, more mysterious. Zaharrak berri has more body, Joxi sings stronger and Iker has an intrigue point. Then it's a more melodic art, more playful and with blues as a medium, in the background I would say that The Clash is close. With it they return to minimalism and with the discovery of the mystery of growth appear boiled splashes. In Neketsua, who closes the job, Iker has taken more freedom and the guitar game sometimes turns towards psychodelia. These songs from nature, childhood, innocence and survival are assisted by Will Oldham, Txuma Murugarren, King Loser and Igor Arzuaga among their relatives.
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