By José Gandue @Gandour
It's clear that Bogotá is no paradise. Those of us who live in the Colombian capital We have many days a year when we want to throw everything away. and leave this city, where disorder, apathy, and chaos thrive. But, like good Bogotanos, we contradict ourselves and know that many times we have found ourselves defending our home from every attack, and at times With our comments, we have favored the most abject spaces of this metropolis.
If there's one thing the most urban rockers in Bogotá have in common, it's that when they decide to walk the local streets to make a video for one of their songs, They avoid the most elegant places, the buildings that are normally shown to visiting tourists, and They go to some of the most congested and rugged areas. We saw it, if you remember, in Fallacious Bolero, from Aterciopelados, The game, from Ultrageno, in Left, from Pornomotora, and now in the new clip of Nanook the Eskimo, Is anyone looking for a happy ending?.
The difference this quartet made in 2016, with lo-fi sound, catchy melodies and caustic humor, It's that, apart from the aggressive use of the latest digital tools, they, through their disguises, a mix of homeless fashion and street warfare camouflage clothing, Now they roam the city, documenting some of its strangest details. They pass by the mariachi band, the elegant rapper, the worst graffiti on marble, and the suggestive mannequins that are impossible to touch. A decadent, dirty, violent, incoherent city. and full of reasons to be loved and hated at the same time.
Is anyone looking for a happy ending? It's a sample of just over two minutes that might tarnish the image you, dear reader, have of Bogotá, but at the same time it's a good excuse to make contact. with one of the most daring proposals in rock music confined to this city. Nanook attracts attention, and that's something in times of musical saturation., That's already an achievement.