Lo primero a destacar es que éste es un disco valiente. Valiente porque, si bien recorre los senderos del post-rock y el indie tan manoseados y vaciados de contenido, lo hace con un afán explorador que devuelve el sentido a dichas etiquetas y rehúye de convencionalismos. Grande Days juega en el límite de los géneros, de los ritmos, del ruido y de las melodías. Arriesga, y lo hace con un gusto exquisito.
Sin excentricidades ni recursos gratuitos. No en vano han recurrido a Xabier Erkizia para la producción, quien se ha convertido en un integrante más para la ocasión y ha empleado su destreza para retorcer los sonidos y exprimirlos hasta sacarles lo inesperado. Éste es un disco dónde uno siente el placer de perderse, no porque suene estridente o extraño, sino porque se aleja de lo evidente y deconstruye el territorio para explorar nuevas posibilidades. No estamos frente a un ejercicio de estilo y, por mucho que no haya concesiones ni limitaciones autoimpuestas, el amplio abanico sonoro converge de forma coherente. Fruto de ello es el ambiente absorbente que rodea el disco, idóneo para el ensimismamiento.
"Jon Urcelai, periodista musical"
English
The first thing to note is that this is a brave record. Brave because, although it travels the paths of post-rock and indie, so manhandled and emptied of content, it does so with an explorer's eagerness that restores meaning to those labels and avoids conventionalisms. Grande Days plays at the limit of genres, rhythms, noise and melodies. They take risks and does so with exquisite taste.
Without eccentricities or free resources. Not in vain have they turned to Xabier Erkizia for the production, who has become another member for the occasion and has used his skill to twist the sounds and squeeze them out of the unexpected. This is an album where one feels the pleasure of getting lost, not because it sounds strident or strange, but because it moves away from the obvious and deconstructs the territory to explore new possibilities. This is not an exercise in style, and no matter how much there are no self-imposed concessions or limitations, the wide range of sounds converge in a coherent way. The result is the absorbent environment that surrounds the disc, ideal for self-absorption.
"Ion Urcelai, music journalist"
credits
released May 31, 2019
Written by Grande Days
Produced and mixed by Xabier Erkizia
Recorded between july and december of 2018 at Mik Estudios (Bera)
With the support of Kutxa Fundazioa
Assisted by Maikel García
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering (Montreal)
Ignacio Bilbao Guitar and vocals
Ion Grijalbo Guitar and vocals
José Mari Lluch Bass, guitar and vocals
Ander Vildósola Drums and percussion
Additional field recordings, synth and guitar by Xabier Erkizia
Management by Arkaitz Villar at Born to bingo
Artwork and design by Carántula
Photography by Ignacio Bilbao
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