By José Gandue @Gandour
2017 is ending with a bang. December, unlike other years, He continues to make good music until the end, Regardless of the summaries that specialized media outlets tend to produce. And the truth is, it's appreciated when, instead of spending all our time remembering what we listened to in the previous 11 months, we can discover sonic wonders, such as Mercury, from the nascent Chilean group Hawaiian Forest.
Completely to our personal taste, We will always celebrate the good recordings of bands that manage to make distortion into a good noisy dream., An exciting explosion of intimate distortion, delicate in its journey, thrilling in its trajectory. That's what this 5-song compilation is, where the band, with the help of Nadia Granada's distinctive voice, From the very first moment, it manages to acquire its own identity, without avoiding reminding us of moments typical of classic bands like My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Lush, among others. Listen to their first song, Mint, It's like riding a motorcycle at two hundred kilometers per hour while, amidst the vertigo, we hear the seductive song of Granada., almost begging for more speed, regardless of the danger. It's exciting to hear her say:
«"Walking in the sun feels good to me,
Walking in the rain feels better to me,
What does it matter if I'm faking it?,
"You learn to fight by pretending."»
From there, Mercury He knows how to get us into a beautiful hurricane of almost twenty-three minutes of unbridled energy Worthy of being heard whenever the existence of worthy beauty on this planet is doubted.
What Bosque Hawaii does is bring back memories of the most interesting moments in alternative rock from the nineties. and adjust them with their own strength to the turbulent modern times Without losing an ounce of relevance, presenting fascinating songs that can become anthems in the hands of an audience that continues to search desperately. an aggressiveness that does not lose its tenderness nor fall into the clumsy complaints of those who exaggerate their false anger.
Hawaii Forest will soon, hopefully, in the coming days of our lives, be an important part of the soundtrack of our lives. We need it.