By José Gandue @Gandour
I'm going to start this note by saying what I'd like to be the summary when someone discusses this article with their friends: I like it The Fox Zapata because he knows how to create fantastic and moving songs with few resources at his disposal, without feeling nostalgia for the fuss or the pomp, and, on the contrary, understanding its limitations. This Peruvian artist achieves direct recordings, with simple elements that captivate within seconds of her performance, with a voice that we could not describe as the most outstanding in contemporary pop, but with enough tenderness and elegance to listen to and notice every word that comes out of her mouth, And believe everything he says. That's it, that kind of credibility, like the kind we expect from our friends and loved ones, to make us want to be happy or somehow endure this world. And for that, we don't need big recording studios, expensive instruments, or to dress up as superheroes or heroines to convince the audience watching us.
Eight songs make up the first album by this solo artist based in Lima, which includes her first three singles, Incredible, more calm y The Worst Things, These are songs that, without exaggeration, we can describe as little gems that elevate that well-worn label of "indie pop." Along the same lines, That is, guitar, murmurs, sampler and simple percussion, They unfold in a similar way Blind call y It has to be done. Moreover, in the song that closes the album, Just Goodbye (The Ranchera), There are barely any strings or voices, just as one might hear around a campfire at night, almost at the end of the night., when there is no other option but to carry the melancholy on the way home. I insist, while almost everyone seeks to reach the sound spectrum to seduce the masses, and the vast majority fail, La Zorra made music in her living room and managed to create her own world without resorting to the most complex tools.
Well, at this point, the reader will surely point out to me that A trend, The first cut has a more complex construction, as it discards the intimacy of other productions and risks appearing as a shout of greeting from the window, It's bolder. It's a different tune. But if we think about it, it's presented that way perhaps to invite the audience to come inside, sit down and be quiet, while the author tells and sings us her little afternoon stories., those that will lull us to sleep and then send us off to sleep with a well-deserved smile planted in the center of our faces. In short, La Zorra Zapata has proven and confirmed herself to be an exciting artist who has been brave enough to, with her first whispers, mark her space and force us to pay attention to her in the coming years as she deserves.
