the secret society
Far from clone radio formulas, there are many secret societies full of fans who love music. One of these societies is here today. Sad boys dance when no ones watching was their first album. It received very good reviews. Before the end of last year, Acuarela publishing house from Madrid published their second album "I am becoming what I hate the most". Pepo is the one that has that low-fi trace and the core of this project. We have been chatting with him. We know that you like dancing in secret and now, you say that you are becoming what you hate the most. Are you becoming an adult?
I don't think this is related to maturity. The title is something that I had on my mind before the first album was published and it is a personal criticism to my life these last 3 years. I like that the title of songs and albums have their own personality.
This second album keeps some components from the first one, but we find it more straight, transparent and dry. Would you help us clarify this difference?
The different is pretty obvious: there are 3 of us in this group. Before, it was only me. That is the big difference. I liked recording it like this. The recording of albums shouldn't be a myth anymore. I know people who spend a whole year recording an album. I wouldn't be able to do that. Thinking of that makes me shiver. This album was recorded in 4 sessions and mixed in 2. I know the sound that I want to achieve and it is not that much, actually. Another difference with the first album is that this one is much better. It is not because I was more inspired, but because I have learnt many practical things in these last 3 years.
Stops, pauses, rhythm and intensity changes. Is all this previously prepared or it happens when you are recording?
A friend of mine says (and I agree) that, in my songs, things happen, that there are a lot of accidents. I like it. I do what I feel and that's it.
10 songs in 35 minutes, the way that rock and roll albums were done. Do you have many songs that haven't been included or do you record when you have a bunch of them?
I never put one song aside. I don't finish the ones that I don't like. I am not so generous so as to leave songs out. I recorded the ones that I had. And that is the way the album was published. I believed it was the moment to do it. When is the right time? I think songs have to be played live and once they are arranged, they should be recorded. Never before.
Dark, melancholic, ironic, hopeless words sometimes. Words full of energy, half in Spanish, and half in English...how do you create these words?
I really don't know how they are created, but I can tell you that I try to move away from simplicity. It takes me a lot of time to finish a song, so I like completing it with a close and normal language. I like to sing the same way I speak. It is not a "colleague" type of proximity. I want to be fair when I write. I guess a good learning is a long process and I am still in the point of departure. I really like writing and I would like, even if words are short, everyone to find in them my writing devotion.
I don't think this is related to maturity. The title is something that I had on my mind before the first album was published and it is a personal criticism to my life these last 3 years. I like that the title of songs and albums have their own personality.
This second album keeps some components from the first one, but we find it more straight, transparent and dry. Would you help us clarify this difference?
The different is pretty obvious: there are 3 of us in this group. Before, it was only me. That is the big difference. I liked recording it like this. The recording of albums shouldn't be a myth anymore. I know people who spend a whole year recording an album. I wouldn't be able to do that. Thinking of that makes me shiver. This album was recorded in 4 sessions and mixed in 2. I know the sound that I want to achieve and it is not that much, actually. Another difference with the first album is that this one is much better. It is not because I was more inspired, but because I have learnt many practical things in these last 3 years.
Stops, pauses, rhythm and intensity changes. Is all this previously prepared or it happens when you are recording?
A friend of mine says (and I agree) that, in my songs, things happen, that there are a lot of accidents. I like it. I do what I feel and that's it.
10 songs in 35 minutes, the way that rock and roll albums were done. Do you have many songs that haven't been included or do you record when you have a bunch of them?
I never put one song aside. I don't finish the ones that I don't like. I am not so generous so as to leave songs out. I recorded the ones that I had. And that is the way the album was published. I believed it was the moment to do it. When is the right time? I think songs have to be played live and once they are arranged, they should be recorded. Never before.
Dark, melancholic, ironic, hopeless words sometimes. Words full of energy, half in Spanish, and half in English...how do you create these words?
I really don't know how they are created, but I can tell you that I try to move away from simplicity. It takes me a lot of time to finish a song, so I like completing it with a close and normal language. I like to sing the same way I speak. It is not a "colleague" type of proximity. I want to be fair when I write. I guess a good learning is a long process and I am still in the point of departure. I really like writing and I would like, even if words are short, everyone to find in them my writing devotion.
