Exquirla - Para Quienes Aún Viven (2017) {Superball Music}

Posted By: shamanicus

Date: June 13, 2017

Debut album from a Madrid-based band called Exquirla, entitled ‘Para Quienes Aún Viven’ (For Those Still Alive). Exquirla are not exactly a brand new band full of new colleagues and naive exuberance. The exuberance exists but amongst an already established group of musicians. Essentially, Exquirla is the Spanish instrumental post rock band Toundra fronted by a singer. But not just any singer. Instead of a ‘normal’ rock vocalist, Exquirla are fronted by Niño de Elche, a flamenco singer.

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They say opposites attract…so here’s something a bit different with a combination of rock music and…flamenco – Spanish instrumental rockers Toundra joining forces with one of Spain’s most important emergent Flamenco artists, Niño de Elche, in the guise of a brand new project under the name of Exquirla.

The slightly grotesque album cover which brings to mind the type of deeds too dastardly to imagine and a title which translates as ‘For Those Still Alive’ is a daunting start. They serve as the introduction of an album which houses a series of post rock instrumental leanings which Toundra are well known for, blended with a vocal that varies from haunting to intense and passionate – obviously the flamenco influence rising to the surface. Lyrically, for us non Spanish speakers, the themes cover the more intense elements of human nature.

The combination delivers an experience packed with emotion and fervour, exploring moods with a refreshing sense of experimentation. Ranging from shorter atmospheric scores that seem to act more as punctuation points to more probing and expansive arrangements which are essentially longer and fuller versions of what they do in the shorter format. The signature sound is of an underlying sonic crafting, overlaid by a combo of some aggressive and harsh guitar and melodic ringing notes.

At nine and ten minutes, the longer arrangements can occasionally tend to being a little ponderous – maybe a case of the acid test being in the ‘less is more’ philosophy. ‘Destruidnos Juntos’ is perhaps the most successful, the overriding atmospherics suggesting a cinematic, vaguely industrial vision. Otherwise, the template follows a similar pattern of more intense moments emerging from the calmer instrumental passages in ‘Hijos De La Rabia’ and ‘El Grito Del Padre’, the language barrier making the words sound more atmospheric as opposed to conveying their meaning. Ultimately an intriguing collaboration with the Toundra experience moving into fresh areas.

Mike Ainscoe

Tracklist:

01. Canción de E (02:55)
02. Destruidnos Juntos (08:57)
03. Hijos de la Rabia (09:00)
04. Interrogatorio (01:41)
05. El Grito del Padre (08:51)
06. Contigo (03:22)
07. Un Hombre (09:59)
08. Europa Muda (10:22)

Line-up:
Francisco Contreras, Vocals
Esteban Jimenez Giron, Guitars
Alberto Tocados, Bass
Alejandro Pérez, Drums
David López, Guitars

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Exquirla / Para Quienes Aún Viven

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