Pereira, journalist and widower, walks with a galloping depression. But at the time, the forties of the Salazarist regime in Portugal, the term depression was not so in vogue, and the methods to ‘heal it’, nor were those of now, precisely. To Pereira, the doctor recommends spa as therapy. Fallow. rest. Pereira is the protagonist of the fantastic novel “Sostiene Pereira” (94) by Antonio Tabucchi. A novel that has been labeled as historic and realistic. But that really has a transcendental background, although very camouflaged in everyday life.
Maybe because I discovered it at the same time, but I always associated reading with “Vol i dol” (10), second album of The little one of Cal Eril. In simplicity, I cedé hid fragility, doubt, which has not agreed to the work. Because we will always be lost; You have to often use those albums, those texts. The singer -songwriter had diverted from that confessional path on his last albums, much more attached to an avant -garde sound, with more floriture. Over time it had fallen into a certain self -absorption. That is why, three years ago, the band stopped. A lot of concert, a lot of album every two years, a lot of wheel. And to Earth you have to let it rest. Recently, Joan Pons, composed again. Some changes were made in the assignment of instruments in the group, and played again. Different. They were also advised by Luke Temple, musician and American producer. And the thing is that artifice has been loaded and everything has been quieter, more natural, more beautiful; It is not the most specific adjective in the world, but we will have to use it from time to time.
The Petit has rewritten songs from a site ‘meaning’. Knowing where it is. Already in the forties and such. And, of course, with the concerns of that age: who we are and how we invest our time. From there “Dark water” o “Neither Rei, nor Déu, nor Pàtria”. Songs with the doubt by flag. The group has returned with the best tino. As that Pereira, they were recommended (or recommended themselves) wisely stop and search. To find a meaning again.
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