After leaving the caravan aside ExtremeRobert Iniesta He started live broadcasting and his albums and ‘tours’ are coming one after another. two of the songs ‘The weather takes us away’ They were already revealed during his last tour and now they are coming together. a study showing it in rollshe and his tight band use a repertoire that is less philosophically structured than on the previous ‘Mayéutica’ (2021).
Squirt inside A maelstrom of sound that is as lyrical as it is majestic., sharing thoughts out loud, rich with perhaps cryptic but pithy phrases (“too many drugs even for me”, “the world is of no interest to us”, “we are going to rob a bank”), no longer having to invoke Cicero or Socrates. Trying to analyze ‘Se nos Transporte el aire’ based on its lyrics is risky, but the first clue emerged days ago with the song ‘Nada que loster’ sung by Robe. talking about his ghosts (addictions) and the idea that after falling to the lowest point there is only a way back. It’s a meaty song with emotional harmonic shifts, its video devoid of a story: The band plays it during what appears to be a break from a sound check for one of their concerts.
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‘Se nos Taken the Air’ balances the sonic architecture of his solo albums: Extremoduro’s rebellious seal is there, crushing wall of electricityand neoclassical melodic balancing, dramatic Violin borders by Carlitos Pérezconstant friction and echo of the sound with the guitar’s ‘power chords’ Lorenzo González. This time the pieces are not movements, but consist of ten songs. And among these floats the perception of a Robe looking in the mirror and searching for his center of gravity: “I need you to come, ’cause the air is taking me away,” he implores in the opening theme, ‘Birdman’. “I haven’t eaten anything today either, I’ll eat tomorrow / I know I’ve gotten weak and lost my desire.”
Does Robe get over it after a (recent) incident? depressed pulse? Although the spirit on display is a direct confrontation with the darkness, it may seem so: there is ‘Incomprehensible’, a crushing and angry piece, with the cathedral-like ‘crescendo’ and final howls of the playful ‘A la bor del río’ or ‘Haz que el tierra tremble’. And the roller coaster ride of ‘The Power of Art’ places in creativity and muses the possibility of salvation from “a still life, a sad life, a bad death.” Robe moans and shudders behind a symphonic dynamic that spans over nine minutes.
With thunderstorms and Hammond organ breaths and released guitar solos of the seventies‘We Carry Air’ offers an intense experience that its fans will enjoy, but may be overwhelming for some. But these are the laws of the Robe. Jordi Bianciotto