We present you LLORAR, a duo from Barcelona formed by Ani and Luis, this is their first single, a preview of what will be their Mini-LP for our collection of new bands “New Adventures In Pop”. On this single, they give us two songs with very different tones, both arranged and produced by Luis Ryoga himself. “Te Dejo En Paz” is an exercise in a very sweet techno-punk-pop that hides a crazy, bitter, fun story. It is a song with one of those melodies that immediately gets stuck in your head, but that also offers some curve balls (that strange marimba solo) that give the group its defining personality. Jaume Fiol provides his blazing guitar on this delicious song and the video that accompanies it, adventurous and fantastic, has been directed by Oro y Plata and has the participation, in the role of kidnapper, of Evripidis Sabatis. Then, “Siempre Iwal” hooks us with its more melodic and melancholic parts: layers of keyboards, dub basses, and a melody that could be the perfect contemporary update of Jeanette or Claudine Longet. Delicacy, witty notions, personality, and harmonies.

Like with many groups, Luis and Ani met at a party that a mutual friend threw. Luis Ryoga had played keyboards in hotels and had written songs for audiovisuals, theater and advertising. He currently also is a part of bands like NADA SALDRÁ BIEN and MINERA. Ani h [ Read more ]