La Paloma - Todavia No [LP]

La Castanya

£21.58

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: LC88LP
Barcode: 7713042463926
Release Date: 26 Jan 2024
Genre: Alternative/Indie-Rock

Limited White Vinyl, Black Vinyl and CD.

“Todavía No”, La Paloma’s debut album, consolidates the young band from Madrid as one of the realities of the current scene. Undoubtedly, it’s definitely a bold step forward in all senses: compositional, interpretative, and artistic. Noise-rock to combat all the noise out there.
RELATED TO: Fontaines DC, Squid, Shame, Black Country New Road, King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, The Strokes, Sonic Youth.

HIGHLIGHTS:
• La Paloma debut live in the UK this December 16th at The Victoria Daltson, London.
• La Paloma played USA, Mexico and Europe appearing at festivals like SXSW, Primavera Sound Barcelona and Madrid or BBK Festival.

‘’It's there [Bilbao BBK Live Festival] I discover Spanish rock with Madrid-based band La Paloma. Formed during the pandemic, their music seems to ask how early 2000s Meet Me In The Bathroom-era indie rock would sound if sung in Spanish. And the answer is: great.On an early Saturday evening, La Paloma lifts the crowd, who dance and sing along to their situational lyrics and catchy guitar riffs, bringing a breath of life into rock traditiooften believed to be dead.’’ The Line of Best Fit
ABOUT “Todavía No” :
In “Una idea, pero es triste”, their celebrated debut EP, La Paloma expounded something very serious, but they explained it only once. Five songs that instantly connected with an audience eager for new references. In “Todavía no” there is more depth; here practically each cut shows a different shade of being La Paloma. “Tiré una piedra al aire” is far from “Algo ha cambiado”, but both are unequivocally La Paloma. Surely, this is something that can be attributed to the baggage acquired during this time lapse, but it certainly speaks very well of the artistic ambition of a band to which now seems to have no ceiling.
We are not, therefore, facing a mere extension of their 2021 EP, although musically they pick it up from where they left off. “Todavía no” is an accessible and contagious work, equal qualities shared with “Una idea, pero es triste”. It’s a work that conveys discontent and liberation, ambition and boredom. In large part, it’s due to the accredited ability of its composers Nico Yubero and Lucas Sierra to observe the world with the right dose of skepticism and disappointment, avoiding tormented gesticulation.
The presentation tour that followed the publication of the EP was extensive and led La Paloma to defend their songs throughout the Spanish geography, as well as visits to Portugal, Mexico and the United States. That state of grace was transferred to the studio, where they tried to reflect their live sound and proposal. With an elegant production and without undue frills, the mission of preserving the sharp fang shown in concert halls was achieved, ensuring, in turn, that the elements, arrangements and the proposal of each instrument were heard crystal clear.
Right from the start, we notice in the sequence many of the virtues that make La Paloma one of the most advantaged groups of the current scene: gushing guitars, the solidity of its rhythm section with Rubén Almonacid on bass and Juan Rojo on drums and the color tone provided by the voices of Nico and Lucas, who share the vocal tasks on alternate tracks.
But there’s more: songs that destroy the most generic canon of noise-rock to take it to little-explored territories, frantic guitar games and a cascade of imaginative arrangements. It combines popular song constructions with unpredictable structures that prevent you from anticipating what twist is to come next, making listening experience exhilarating and addictive.
“Todavía no” is a tightly cohesive album, a remarkable fact considering the two creative inputs from which the band draws from and the artistic ambition with which they faced the building of this work. Because we are talking about a complete work, conceived as such. The first chords of “Sigo aquí” sound and the disorganization of reality… is still disorganized, but somehow it makes sense now.

Tracklist:
1. Sigo aquí 2. Algo ha cambiado 3. No es una broma 4. Quejas célebres 5. Polvo 6. Todo esto 7. Tiré una piedra al aire 8. Cosas sencillas 9. El adversario 10. Cosquilleo 11. Caracola pálida