It is always sad to say goodbye, and even more so when it is to a group that has been accompanying people for so many years no matter what happens. While we celebrate the comebacks of bands like Supersubmarina, Spanish indie has just suffered a big loss at the expense of Old Morla, one of the most important groups on the alternative music scene in our country. And a group that has now decided to say goodbye, at least for a while.
“About a year ago, in the final leg of the Cable a Tierra tour, the six of us made the decision to take a break. Stop, try for a while to live outside the orbit of Vetusta Morla. The concerts were being incredible, the public responded wonderfully but we began to be certain that we had to put on the brakes,” states the official statement issued from the Vetusta Morla social media account. In this way, they confirmed a temporary withdrawal that they had been planning for some time, and which they say will begin to be effective from next May 31with the release of the album Extras and the achievement of his tour.
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“We have been at a dizzying pace for many years. Composing, recording, touring, doing promo and starting over. Constantly looking out the window, holding the pressure of being there“, continues the open letter from the sextet made up of Juan Pedro Martín ‘Pucho’, David “el Indio”, Jorge González, Guille Galván, Juanma Latorre and Álvaro B. Baglietto, who began playing back in 1998 in Tres Cantos, place of band formation.
Vetusta Morla’s recording career began with the album One day in the worldwhich they followed Maps and The drift, which became his most awarded album at the Independent Music Awards (MIN). In 2017 she would follow him Same place, different place and in 2021 ground wire, their last album to date and with which they performed their last tour. In recent months the group had had a leading role in the cinema thanks to its participation in the film Andrea’s lovefor which they obtained the Goya nomination for best song.
Thinking about the most immediate future, Vetusta Morla has concerts on May 10 and 11 within Toledo Beat Festival and the Getafe Air Music Fest (Madrid). They will be followed by almost twenty dates, such as the Icónica Fest in Seville on June 26 and Conexión Valladolid on June 28, the Portamérica Festival in Portas (Pontevedra) on July 4 and the finale at Festival 1001 in Granada on July 6. September. Additionally, as part of the two Alma Festival franchises, the group will be in Madrid on June 8 and in Barcelona on July 6 and 7. There will be no appointments in Europe or America.
While waiting for Extrasof which in recent months songs like The sheet of my ghosts and Bridges and cathedralsalthough they have announced that “in a few days” they will share a new preview titled Oh, Madrid!. Within the bad news of having to say goodbye to the band, the group shed some hope: “If everything goes well we will get together again in 2026. In short, live and enjoy life,” the group concluded in their message. .
