And in the third year, Primavera has been resurrected after the agony and turmoil of two years of the pandemic, with its doubled glory and, for all intents and purposes, the long-awaited atmosphere of normalcy. Thursday was a festival of the taste of Saturday, this was unusual on the opening day, a crowded festival that took over the different stages of the Parc del Fòrum and expressed a plus of bubbling. laughing crowdAround the first attractions of a wide variety, ranging from the electric corrosions of Kim Gordon (ex-Sonic Youth bassist) to the Mediterranean song by Maria del Mar Bonet.
Old excitements have been revived, a large number of souls and a highly visible preponderance of international audiences (it was already around 60% in recent editions) and some long queues at the Auditori del Fòrum, at the most restricted stage with Rockdelux brand. This is where some of the most eagerly anticipated performances of the afternoon begin, for example Kim Gordonthe mistress of early noise-rock that does not soften with the passage of time, but quite the opposite.
Perhaps evoking Primavera’s alt-rock origins, Gordon threw an intense and severely distorted art-punk into the dance and followed it without deviating from the repertoire of ‘No home record’ (2019), well supported by a trio and framed by imagery. industrial warehouses and suburban areas. insults to capitalism Between the slow steps of ‘Get yr life back’, their angry songs, the strong rock explosions in ‘Earthquake’ and the ‘Blonde redhead’ version of DNA, an homage to their roots in the no wave scene in New York, with extra dissonances. Kim Gordon is still too much Kim Gordon.
in the same hall, Maria del Mar Bonet’s debut Festival, He dedicated one of his songs, ‘Dansa de la primavera’, in an expanded format recital, with six detailed musicians and a panoramic repertoire utilizing various recordings of his work: the song with an eastern view, ‘Digues amic’, quoting Verdaguer, is Manel’s brief ‘Alenar’, which he first took to the electronic zones. It is not customary for Mallorca to concentrate its classics in one recital, but ‘Merce’ and waking up two recently deceased friends, Jordi Sabatés (‘blue’ with a psychedelic organ ‘Jo em donaría a qui em volgués’) and Pau Riba (‘Es fa llarg hope’). And with ‘Semper hi ha vent’ and the off-script ‘So de pastera’, she couldn’t miss the gesture to the purest popular roots, and her single, clean voice allowed her to carry on ‘a cappella’.
Another authoritative voice, Kacey Musgraves’ voice, reigned in the square intimately known as ‘Mordoh’, driving this repertoire from country roots that became pop-tempered with soft rock textures. The Texan admitted to feeling “damn excited” on her debut in “lovely country Spain” and on songs like “Good wife” or “Cherry blossom” from her new album “Star-crossed”. They transmitted aromatic vibrations at dusk. Although much more elaborated than Faye Webster’s bearer of the ‘roots’ of melancholy, the ‘pedal steel’ is ready, traces of her country education float in the air in the neat staging of that album, ironically titled ‘I Know’. funny haha’
However, while various offerings such as ‘mainstream’ pop have carved a niche for themselves on Primavera, emerging rock continues to form part of the origin cult, and the gentlemen of Les Savy Fav embodied post-punk essences in their natural style. a touch of delusion, pulling the material that put them into orbit a decade or two ago. Y cute classic Dinosaur Jr., with the electric drought and the hospitable assignment of harmonies, and the liberated tandem of two heavyweight figures like J Mascis and Lou Barlow. No steering wheel hits in his career and his elaborately disheveled voice, his latest work ‘Sweep it to space’ (co-producer of Kurt Vile), ‘Freak Scene’ and ‘Feel the pain’ and his sympathetic attack on ‘Just like heaven’ from The Cure .
A work with many or more pedigrees, if possible i havestarted the night with a combination of guitar drought, melodic care and escape points where almost anything seemed possible. Those from Hoboken, New Jersey were always unpredictable and, as they crossed an overcrowded Cupra stage (the amphitheater with the sea in the background), tightened the rope with the ‘Ohm’ distortion festival, Ira was delighted with Kaplan’s performance. mischief, then drifting to other climates with the sleepy ‘Shaker’, ‘Mr. The mental drift of ‘Tought’ or ‘Autumn sweater’. her a familiar but solid port For this kickoff day among the crowds, giving momentum to headlines this weekend like Beck and Nick Cave and Bad Seeds.