Type this name if you haven’t already: Rufus T. Firefly. “It’s a strange name that we don’t even know how to pronounce,” admits Víctor Cabezuelo, co-founder of this group from Madrid with Julia Martín-Maestro, but the truth is they are aware of what’s going on in the Spanish music scene. As humble as she is bright with her songs, Aranjuez’s One of the highlights of the second day of the Mallorca Live Festival (25 June)“Make sure they’re a relatively small group as we’ve been in this business for a long time. We’re actually excited and proud that they’re calling us a musical discovery, but it surprises us.”
In Calvià’s Old Aquapark, Rufus T. Firefly, named after the character played by Groucho Marx in the movie Goose SoupIn an ironic interview he gave to Efe agency in 2019, Cabezuelo will take the stage with “a little more in parallel with a short concert” and will take the stage knowing that “there will be those who don’t know us”. , with the truth about what It would be enriching if there was a law banning playing at more than three festivals a year.
“There are many types of festivals and it all depends on the logistics and the treatment one receives, but we are more in favor of concerts in venues where the musical offering can be better developed, but it is also true that at a festival there is much more. people see you and the energy is something else,” he adds.
The Mallorca Live poster features Rufus T. Firefly’s name below Christina Aguilera, Franz Ferdinand, Supergrass, Jeff Mills, Cut Copy and Temples.The big numbers for Saturday, June 25th. His repertoire will focus on his seventh album, long morningone of the biggest works of 2021, according to the expert press, stands out with keyboards being at the forefront and being considered “the main theme”.
“There are things that aren’t quite what we expected, sometimes you can get stuck with things from the past and the only way forward is to accept yourself,” Cabezuelo says. Marvin Gaye as an inspiration with Isaac Hayes.
“We listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and 70s spirit on the previous tour. I’m fascinated by playing in such a soft, velvety and special way”to remember.
Rufus T. Firefly, founded in 2006 when they surprised at a competition already at the Global War of the Groups in Madrid, debuted in 2008 with a long game. My Synthetic Heartand three years later he tried his first work in Spanish, the EP. The secret history of planned obsolescence. “We’re a bit of a weird band, we think of a different musical story in each album. Every album is a learning experience and a new journey,” Cabezuelo says.
Ø, Grunge, Magnolia and Lotus Other great albums of the band from Madrid that are slowly but steadily coming into contact with the public.
All schedules and schedules for the festival, as well as daily tickets and subscriptions, can be purchased for €59 on the festival website and at See Tickets, the official Mallorca Live ticket office.