El bosque en llamas

　　Drums roll (like in the first song of the album) to announce the release of Pumuky’s new album, titled "El bosque en llamas", which will see the light of day next 13th April. A great work full of wonderful musical corners (some of them secret), which has taken more time than expected to be finished, and the collaboration of a great team of contributors to this band from Barcelo... (展开全部) 　　Drums roll (like in the first song of the album) to announce the release of Pumuky’s new album, titled "El bosque en llamas", which will see the light of day next 13th April. A great work full of wonderful musical corners (some of them secret), which has taken more time than expected to be finished, and the collaboration of a great team of contributors to this band from Barcelona, led by Tenerife-born Jaír Ramírez, his brother Noé, David Giménez and new recruits Tomás García, Nacho Yoldi, Vicente Rosati and Edu Martínez.
　　Pumuky’s second album (and his first for Jabalina) opens the door to a very personal lyrical and musical universe that he has built after the years. Very unusual melodies and moods make this record particularly distinctive, avoiding easy descriptions like a furtive hunter – we see a similitude, though, with the strange shadows of Migala, Lambchop’s bittersweet acoustic tunes and Patrick Wolf at his most organic. Plus violent electric discharges reminiscent of Mogwai and a melancholy very close to Eluvium, but always in a Pop context.
　　“El bosque en llamas” is made up of 10 songs which show more than ever the variety of registers that Pumuky is capable of. As in the title, this works encapsulates the allegory that fire is at the same time the end and the beginning of things. Maybe that’s why it features songs full of energy burstings, like “Tu marca”, followed by mellow melancholic pieces such as "Si desaparezco" or "El Hombre Bosque en llamas". Wild guitars, moving walls of keyboards and punchy beats (often played by two simultaneous drummers) feature in songs like "Lobo estepario contra caballos desbocados" (featured in demo form on the compilation "Juegos olímpicos") or "La Metamorfosis", which contrast with delicate arrangements and melodies which soothe the unending outbursts of rage.
　　"El bosque en llamas" is a brilliant mixture of different elements, including instrumentals like "El innombrable" or "El exilio de los invisibles", which dynamize the sound of the record and fit perfectly, thanks to the work of Arturo Vaquero, which makes the record a pleasurable listen from beginning to end, and “readable” as a novel – the texts are moving, simple and stark, and give us a glimpse of the obsessions and hopes of the creator. Interestingly, the lyrics show opposing poles too, something that seems inherent to Pumuky’s vital essence: some texts have the scent of misery, like the remarkable “Los enamorados”, in which he tries to face his fears: the passing of time, the expiry date of feelings and relationships, the nonsense that surrounds us, the END… On the other hand, some of the other texts are more hopeful, fleshy, they convey good feelings and happiness, the wishes and passions that human beings have, and the emotional crossroads that they put us in… songs such as "Puzzle" or "El Eléctrico romance de Lev Termen y la Diva del Éter" (originally featured on his CD EP "Los exploradores perdidos” and recorded on the sessions of "El bosque en llamas"). Two opposing poles which at the same time are related and depend upon each other.
　　"El bosque en llamas" features valuable collaborations like the vocals of Marina Gómez Carruthers of Klaus & Kinski ("Si desaparezco"), the edgy guitars of Pepo Márquez (The Secret Society) and the hammomd organ, accordion and pianos of brilliant musician Abraham Boba.
　　We can’t help mentioning the great work of illustrator Xavier Jalón López, who has expressed perfectly on his brilliant drawings all this amalgam of feelings and emotions. His illustrations are like a physical reaction to Pumuky’s inner universe, and to these songs that little by little touch a piece of our hearts and activate our feelings.
　　And thanks too to an indefinite number of anonymous characters who have helped finish the album. They all are part now of Pumuky’s forest, which after the fire will regenerate again…　　

　　1 "El innombrable" - 2 "Si desaparezco" - 3 "Tu marca" - 4 "El eléctrico romance de Lev Termen y la Diva del Éter" - 5 "Los enamorados" - 6 "El exilio de los invisibles (Long. 10º 10' Lat. 29º 30') "
　　7 "Lobo estepario contra caballos desbocados" - 8 "El Hombre Bosque en llamas" - 9 "Puzzle" - 10 "La metamorfosis"