By José Gandue @spinning zone
According to Wikipedia, kitsch «"It is an artistic style considered 'tacky', 'commonplace', 'pretentious', 'tacky' or 'trivial' and, in short, vulgar, although pretentious and therefore not simple, classic or naive, but in bad taste and regressive or childish"«. According to his own biography, The Kitsch It is a group that was formed in 2012 in Bogotá, Colombia, with the intention of reviving the garage sound that characterized the 1960s in the country, Alongside bands like Los Yetis, Los Ampex, Los Flippers, Los Parlantes, and others, the questions are inevitable: Is The Kitsch a corny band? Are they tacky (tacky, gaudy, or whatever term you use in your country)? Is their sound clichéd? Childish?. The immediate answer to those questions is a big NO.
This trio uses, to define the type of music they make in complex terms. They say they are Fuzz, Psych, Noise, Kraut. Those are labels for connoisseurs, for intellectual discussions in the most specialized record stores, which don't quite explain to most of us what they're trying (and succeeding) at doing with their voices and instruments. Perhaps we should consult an imaginary "The Kitsch for Dummies" guide, and at the same time listen to their new album called The Kitsch of Colombia present: 3/3, his third trilogy of songs, which, we are sure, will scare more than one specimen of those who usually say that they like all existing music And as soon as he hears a few seconds of this post, he runs away covering his ears in despair.
Let's make it easy, at the risk of getting scolded by the more seasoned fans: The Kitsch is happily noisy rock and roll. It has its dose of psychedelia, its inspiration drawn from old garages, and its screams could be echoed in the dirtiest punk and the thrashiest metal. And, above all, there are songs. Yes, songs. Perfectly crafted compositions that, in two, three, four minutes, complete the idea and manage to make us headbang, celebrate the howls, and try to smash our skeletons against the wall. In eleven minutes and three seconds, fueled by distortion, a breakneck pace, and howls that are initially incomprehensible, They can awaken the anarchist spirit in anyone, And then, at break time, we can exclaim that it was a necessary experience to understand (or at least wish to, without succeeding) the chaos that surrounds us. This is, without a doubt, a memorable noise that, undoubtedly, We recommend you try it out immediately.
