A sun this big dominating the video screen was protecting Lorde’s healing ceremony. calling mother nature to pop rhythm with electronic skin, a crowded Primavera Sound again this Friday. The New Zealander’s ultra-subtle latest album ‘Solar power’ engages in a dynamic dialogue with the most invasive past hits that have made Fòrum a jolly dance floor, conveying balsamic powers and messages to combat eco-anxiety. Not for photographers, good The organization did not allow them to take pictures of Lorde.
Spring ends this Saturday, but it was alive before that. another intense session of popular attractions of various signscaused problems for several hours in the bars of the central stages, avoiding mishaps in the everyday crowd and the computer system malfunctioning the previous morning. None of that stopped Lorde from making a beautiful pass with style, message and dance fiction to overlook the world. However, the concert in festival format is a bit smaller than what is presented at venues in cities such as Paris or Amsterdam.
spiritual journey
The generational anxiety of their previous albums a more global and ecological reformulationIn touch with the ‘new age’, it is indicative of a spiritual journey, as suggested by the first song ‘Yol’. Material from the past (‘Homemade dynamite’, ‘Ribs’ or ‘Louvre’ inspired this “on a summer date”, as it was known) served to settle the ‘show’ with a growing electronic device, later replaced by ‘Secrets of a girl ( new themes like ‘Seen everything)’ and ‘Mood ring’, with the band forming a circle and using acoustic guitars. lord, enjoy a beautiful sound without being dazzling, celebrated meteorological abundance in Barcelona these days, ideal for defending ‘Solar energy’, a theme that crowns the show with all its hedonism (“I hate summer / can’t stand the cold”) and its similarities with ‘Loaded’ from Primal Scream. Galloping milestones before they drop: ‘Royals’, ‘Supercut’ and ‘Green light’.
female role
Friday was a day with other strong heroines, including South Americans. Brittany HowardThe meaty voice, which pays attention to the soul-funk tradition with a gospel tone that breathes new life into the successes of the ‘Jaime’ (2019) album, is a work that continues without slowing down. The title of the album alludes to her older sister, who died of eye cancer at age 13 (in 1998), which puts us in the context of her work. Songs filled with personal distress, such as ‘Goat’s head’, which mirrors racism in the Southern states (“who slashed my dad’s tires and put a goat’s head in the back seat?”).
Nina Simone’s Promise
His pass combined “funky” gymnastics and soulful ballads, from the supple opening offense to the “hit and drop”. fundelicto the spiritual resonances of ‘He loves me,’ a song in which he announces that he will not return to church, but that he feels loved by God. And a hearty ‘Stay high’ with brilliant vocals and Hammond organ texture. The Deep singer and guitarist lent himself to the acid solo, closing in by calling Nina Simone on ‘The Revolution’ and taking us back to the bounty year 1969, which was so important to the defense of civil rights.
Another tall figure, Australia Courtney BarnettHe seemed jovial as he defended that author’s rock catalog with sharp lyrical analysis and good-natured dynamics. His introductory letter was ‘Rae street’ (‘Things take time, take time’ from his album last year), a song alluding to the street in Melbourne where he lived and saw life flowing through his window. it draws conclusions about the power of money and the danger of managing too high expectations in our existence (also at the environmental level). From there to the other songs on the album and the rescue of famous numbers like ‘Avant Gardener’, which left its mark on the indie-rock nobility associated with the baptismal essences of Primavera Sound, a festival that understands little about stylistic boundaries.