Day 331

Lande Hekt: from Bristol comes this solo project who have just released an album called “Going to Hell”. The album is available on vinyl and CD and includes 11 tracks. The one thing that I don’t know is that it says that the record was recorded in Australia in 2020, but then the band is from Bristol? How did they do to travel like that during the pandemic! In any case that’s just something curious, the songs are strong, upbeat and catchy. That’s what matters.

The Yellow Melodies: a USB digipak with 36 songs, all of the songs that had appeared by the Murcia band in different compilations between 1997 and 2016 is now available directly from the band. There are only 100 copies made, and at the time I am writing this there were just 19 copies left!

Honey Pine Dresser: when Marie Pascale Hardy from Quebec moved to London she met Robert Cann, Becky Dixon, Sally Frampton and Dimitri Sudell. They started this band and have just released an EP titled “Not Pandora”. It is not all indiepop, there are some folky influences here. But there are some very is a good indiepop songs called “English Game”.

Sullen Eyes: my favourite discovery this week is this fun band from Bangor, Maine. Their 5 song self-titled EP is so much fun! Who are behind this band? There is really not much information other than that the songs were recorded a year ago. A year after they upload these songs to Bandcamp to make me very curious! Really good!

Traveling with Monika: the latest from the best indiepop band from Thailand is called “Break Down These Walls”. It is a dreamy, moody, track, sung in Thai. The lyrics translated to English are available on their Bandcamp. Definitely check it out.

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I think part of the premise of this blog is to remember. To remember bands that no one else seems to remember. Bring their songs back. And listen to them one more time. If possible find out what happened with them. Interview them. That’s what I try, to keep a record of all the great indiepop out there.

Today I remembered a band I used to be in touch with. A band from somewhere in Mexico. I can’t remember much more about them. I think it was a boy and a girl. I can’t remember the names. The year was 2004. The band was called Piscina, which translates to “swimming pool”. Now that is quite an interesting name for a Mexican band. Most Spanish countries use the word piscina for a swimming pool, but in Mexico the most common word for swimming pool is actually alberca.

Anyways. It was 2004 and I was compiling a compilation album called “¡Es Pop, Mamá! ” that was to accompany the Peruvian music magazine Revista 69. I have written about a few bands that appeared on this compilation like Hey, Miss! from Brazil and Abeja and Robotril from Mexico. The compilation ended up being a success and created a bit of a buzz about indiepop in Peru and since then there’s been indiepop bands, labels, gigs and festivals. I want to think I had a little part in it.

But back to Piscina. I can’t remember anything at all. I know the song that was included in the comp was called “Megapasión”, which you can guess what it means, it’s the same in English. It is a fun song as you’ll see.

The only other song I know they released was a cover of “Soy Una Intelectual” by the Galician band Aerolíneas Federales. This song was included in a tribute to said band called “Alegra La Cara – Tributo a Aerolíneas Federales” on the label Ya Estas Ya Producciones (YP-10), also from Peru.

So yeah, I want to remember them, hopefully get in touch with them again. Did they continue making music? Did they actually release anything? Where are they now?

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Listen
Piscina – Megapasión