OCTUBRE - Otro Despertar EP 7" + P/S (NEW) (M)

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ORIGINAL SPANISH RELEASE ON THE 'HURRAH / SNAP' LABEL.

WE HAD NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE IN 2015 THEY PUBLISHED THE SENSATIONAL “MOUSELAND”, A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF SONGS AS, ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY HAVE NOT STOPPED DOING SINCE THEY WERE FORMED BACK IN 1994. BUT, FINALLY, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OCTOBER HAVE RETURNED, AND HOW.

WHOEVER FACES OCTUBRE FOR THE FIRST TIME THROUGH THESE FOUR NEW SONGS WILL REGRET NOT HAVING DONE IT BEFORE, THEY WILL DISCOVER A GROUP THAT TAKES CARE OF THE MELODY TO THE MAXIMUM, A QUINTET DETERMINED TO ALWAYS MAKE THE PERFECT SONG, TO SAY JUST WHAT WHAT DOES HE PLAY.

THAT FIRST-TIME LISTENER, WHEN LISTENING TO THE FIRST CHORDS OF “ANOTHER AWAKENING”, THE SONG THAT OPENS HIS BRAND-NEW EP, MIGHT COME TO THINK THAT THEY COME FROM MANCHESTER, CALIFORNIA, LEÓN OR SCOTLAND, BUT WHEN JOSÉ ESTEBAN'S EXTRAORDINARY VOICE EMERGES, HE WILL SEE THAT IT IS NOT LIKE THAT, THAT IT IS MUCH BETTER, THAT THEY ARE FROM HERE, FROM CARAVACA DE LA CRUZ, LIKE THE CABALLOS DEL VINO AND LIKE MARI TRINI.

THE RETURN OF OCTOBER, OF HIS SONGS, OF HIS WAY OF UNDERSTANDING MUSIC AND WITH IT LIFE IS GREAT NEWS IN DIFFICULT TIMES. IF THE WORRYING SITUATION WE ARE EXPERIENCING HAS SHOWN SOMETHING, IT IS THAT THE REFUGE OF ART AND, ESPECIALLY, OF MUSIC IS A VERY IMPORTANT BALM WHEN IT COMES TO ESCAPING AND BEING ABLE TO DREAM OF TAKING TO THE STREETS AGAIN WITH CONFIDENCE AND JOY. WITH SONGS AS BEAUTIFUL AS THOSE OF OCTOBER, EVERYTHING IS SEEN WITH DIFFERENT EYES, HOPE REACHES US AS YOU TURN THE ALBUM OVER AND OVER, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THIS ALBUM IS MADE UP OF FOUR SONGS, THREE OF THEM ORIGINAL PLUS A COVER BY THE LEGENDARY 1960S ENGLISH GROUP THE ACTION.

"ANOTHER AWAKENING", "THE FLIGHT", "AS GEORGE DARLIN" AND "NEVER" ARE THEIR WEAPONS, DO NOT TRY TO FIGHT THEM, JOIN THEM, YOU WILL WIN, FOR SURE.

AND IF THE CONTENT IS SENSATIONAL, THE CONTINENT DOES IT JUSTICE, AND IN WHAT WAY. THE DESIGN OF THE EP, AN EP THAT, BY THE WAY, IS TRANSPARENT IN COLOR AND ROTATES AT 33 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE, NOT ONE MORE, HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE ARTIST TERESA DE ARANDA, WHO GIVES THE ALBUM THAT LOOK OF A CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC, WITH A LOOK SET IN THE 60S AND ANOTHER IN THE BEST APPLIED ART THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FIND THIS YEAR.

FEATURES

1.-Otro Despertar

2.-La Huida

3.-Como George Darling

4.-Nunca

 

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