By José Gandue @spinning zone
🎸 Rock is alive, and she proves it
And yes, it's clear from the title. Marilina Bertoldi, an Argentinian woman born in Sunchales, Santa Fe, on September 13, 1988, has confirmed with his new album Who do you work for Vol. 1 that rock music has in mind. That it continues to be in a process of renewal, without forgetting its roots, but always maintaining the spirit of searching, change, and experimentation.
Ah! And let's not forget a vital fact: in her songs, she speaks of her life, her loves, her anger, the disasters that surround her, what some call "pain of homeland,", about the imbeciles who govern, about the need to shout at them, from the anguish of proving that, despite everything, we are still alive, until our bodies give out and until we stop letting ourselves be beaten for anything.
In short: his new album is a devastating, varied work, a rollercoaster of emotions, with some songs that become instant anthems for new generations orphaned of brand-new tunes to destroy disenchantment.
🔊 Ten intense and urgent songs
Now, let's move away from the emotional and describe the album in a more technical way. This is a ten-song album, less than half an hour long, which, as a striking detail, begins and ends with children's screams and laughter. It's a sign that indicates that, no matter what happens, something remains by our side to give us signs of life, reasons to endure. Fury cannot be eternal. Unbridled desire does not flood us infinitely. That's where Marilina begins, and she says, from the very first track:
Brave New World
It was never like that
Let's rethink
and maybe it'll make us laugh
It may sound like stating the obvious, but it needs to be said: This is a very Argentinian album. Don't dwell on the obvious.
His songs, for the most part, recover a classic sound from the recording studios of Buenos Aires and its surroundings (these are sonic details that any lover of the heroes of the rock music history of the Southern Cone would recognize), But that doesn't mean Bertoldi is just imitating the past.
On the contrary: their approach is to respect origins in order to deconstruct and reinvent, imprinting their own stamp and identity. The good forms of the past serve as a foundation, but upon them rises a contemporary musical edifice aimed at a new audience. Furthermore, the language is looser, more informal, direct, and even hurtful., If you're on the other side of the fence, wishing for the daily repression of the powerful:
I didn't come to wake anyone up
I can already see the sea from afar
and I don't know what to do
whether to answer you or ignore you further
Nobody knows anything else about you, okay?
🗣 Lyrics that don't ask for permission
It's a rock album, I insist. And what do we expect from that definition in 2025? We no longer want recordings filled with nothing but senseless howls or unnecessary displays of testosterone. What they now call "rock attitude" is no longer about stepping over others to prove oneself: on the contrary. It is knowing how to resist power.
And if that fight can be waged with elegance and catchy tunes that become anthems of these times, all the better. Monsters walk among us, and singing in their ear can destroy them.
Shut your mouths
Please don't criticize each other.
Shut your mouths, you're crazy.
Please don't limit yourselves to others
🔥 An artist who sets the genre on fire
Who do you work for Vol. 1 It has immediately positioned itself on its pedestal as a classic piece, From a memorable album. Its tracks The Fat Man, Self-esteem y Forever is a place They will be sung by the masses for many years (we won't say "forever", you never know).
And yes, Marilina Bertoldi, for some time now, from today, and as far as we can see of the future, It will continue to be the present of rock.
Don't doubt it.
Album cover for "Para quien trabajas" by Marilinja Bertoldi
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🎧 Listen to Who You Work For Vol. 1 in its entirety:
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