By Juan Ignacio Pilegi @juanpilegi
Editor's note: This is the strangest review we've ever received at Zonagirante.com. It comes in chat format and attempts (and in our opinion succeeds) to convey the excitement of our friend, Juan Ignacio Pilegi, when talking about the new album by He killed a motorcycle policeman., The O'Konor synthesis. Pilegi, a resident of La Plata, the city where the band lives, details his impressions of this work in his conversation. On his birthday, We thank this particular music commentator for his bizarre work, which, equally, we loved).
Juan: Hi Marce, Has it arrived yet? The O'Konor Synthesis To France?
Marce: Hi Juan, hahaha, yes, he's arrived.
J: I want to do a review of the album and what I can write It doesn't do justice to how wonderful this moment is. I just can't seem to condense all the sensitive information into something readable that still resembles a review.
M: Hahaha, yes, because it's a tremendous album. Where did you start?
J: I felt we had to start with the cover and I wanted to talk about the swords Santiago bought for the photo, the composition, the color, that incredible image conveyed to me.
M: Yes, even the name is mysterious. "The O'Konor Synthesis.". Who will O'Konor be? And to top it all off, the song with that name is instrumental, haha.
J: Well, there it is! About the aura of mystery and anti:spoiler The person who managed the group also wanted to write. We only knew The Treasury and the versions sung by Chango as a soloist Now I imagine thingssy Excalibur.
M: We waited several years for an album like this and it's a huge joy that they were able to meet and exceed such high expectations.
J: Expectations? I was in full teenage spirit, hitting F5 on El Mató's Spotify page from 5 minutes before midnight on June 22nd. When it appeared online, I shouted it like a goal.
M: In a couple of hours it was trending on Twitter in Argentina.
J: Did you see? How crazy! It's a triumph of the underground against the mainstream.
M: Absolutely!
J: And if you push me, I'll tell you that El Mató broke that paradigm. That dilemma no longer exists. The band showed the whole world a successful "business model" (ugh! What a horrible phrase!) without the help of any label or powerful capital.
M: They played live 700 times! Seven hundred! And if time allowed, they would play even more times.
J: But hey, you see? We get caught up talking about these things and I need to put the listening into words and give it the form of a review.
M: What impressed me most is that it has a very noticeable innovation in terms of sound, There is a great deal of melodic and instrumental variety, a slightly melancholic cadence in the lyrics and melodies, and I urgently need to see them live to hear how it all sounds.
J: They added a percussionist for the shows. That must be amazing.
M: I'll see them next month when they play at a festival nearby in Madrid.
J: Four sold-out Nicetos shows and an international tour (one more) And there are still idiots who ask you, "Who killed what?"»
M: Their loss. Listen: Is Amalia Granata a candidate for National Deputy?
J: Haha, yeah, it seems so. Argentina is kind of a mess, but concentrate, help me talk about the sound of the album. I listen to a lot of interesting things but I don't want to fall into clichés., This album doesn't deserve it.
M: Many of the drums were recorded separately, that's why the sound of each element is so clean. Pay attention to how the hi-hats sound: There is no drum roll, it is completely clean and stripped down, but at the same time everything seems perfectly attached to Santiago's voice.
J: It's impressive how full the voice sounds, very exciting.
M: That's perhaps the most outstanding thing about the album; notice that many of the songs are doubled, and that's also a novelty compared to what they had been doing.
J: And those octave intervals (yes?) in the melodies that we love so much from the chorus of Red Storm, Do you remember?
M: Beautiful. That was 13 years ago, brother!
J: Yes, let's get back to today. What do you think about what Chatrán put on the whole album?
M: Enormous. He had the freedom to investigate the instruments at the Sonic Ranch in Texas. where they recorded and many bass guitars also bear their mark.
J: Yes, I noticed it in topics like Destruction, The strange world y The Lights (each one more beautiful than the last), when all that is not there appears Excalibur Well stripped down and it blows your mind.
M: Phew! I want to give him a hug and never let go.
J: No way. Fire, Did you hear those lyrics?
M: These guys really shake you up, man.
J: And since we can't conceive of El Mató without the feeling of apocalypse, it's The eternal night.
M: Apocalyptic melancholic pop.
J: And a little bit Spacey, to say the least.
M: It doesn't matter what words you use, You have to listen to the album.
J: Of course! Everyone has their own journey, and that's how it should be. Writing about an album always has something bizarre about it. I'm not one for speculating about the influences we notice either.
M: Apples in Stereo, Beach Boys, Weezer.
J: Yes, yes, and Ramones and the Bolivian Embassy and even The Smiths, but we said no to that.
M: And somewhere in the review you have to say that they are from La Plata.
J: Of course, man! And from Gimnasia!
M: Haha, no, don't put that.
J: I'll write it right now. Big hug!
M: Hugs!
