Day 415
Verandan: our last 7″ was by this fantastic Finnish band (have you got your copy yet??). Today we see they release a new song, “Open Sea”, which is really really pretty. I had heard an earlier version of this song as a possibility for releasing it and it was a hard choice I must say to choose which songs would go on the record that we released. Highly recommended.
The Summer Triangle: this looks lovely. A 10″ by the new project of Dale (Some Gorgeous Accident, Apple Orchard) and Connie (Carnival Park). They are releasing a self-titled 10″ vinyl on May 7 with 4 songs. We can preview the opening track, “Distant Skies”, which is really nice. The 10″ is a lathe cut, so it is very limited.
Piroshka: the new band that features Miki from Lush is touring the UK later this year. They are also releasing an album called “Love Drips and Gathers” on July 23rd. To promote this album they’ve put a video for the song “Scratching at the Lid”. It sounds great. I will definitely get the record. And I am hoping next year they come to the US. Or I go to the UK. The idea of touring bands seem so strange these days.
Parker Lewis: it was a long time ago when we did a 3″CD with the Swedish artist Parker Lewis. It is great to see he continues to make music. He has released a vinyl album on the Italian label We Were Never Being Boring called “Tass Tass”. The record is very limited and at the time of writing this there were 5 copies left. The record has 8 songs and you can preview one of them which is very nice, “Unga Nycker”.
Fábrica de Espejos: and to end this week I present you to this Spanish band from the city of Lugo. The band has just released a new album called “Mundo Incierto” which seems to be available digitally only. The album is good mix of shoegazey and dreampop sounds, with some very enjoyable moments like songs like “La Fiesta” or “Capas”.
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When I discovered, many months ago, a Bandcamp of the Spanish indiepop band Los Empresarios I was quite surprised. How come I haven’t heard of them before?!
Hailing from Cuenca, the band was active between 1998 and 2002 and from I understand they left 14 songs. At least that’s what it looks like on Bandcamp, where a compilation called “Así Sonaban Los Empresarios (1998-2002)” looks like a full retrospective of the band.
There are no details about the band sadly. We just now that the Bandcamp was put together back in 2012. A long time ago. The 14 songs included here are “¡Viva leer!”, “El Hijo Secreto de Franco”, “Vuelvo a Sonreír”, “Tengo qeu Renovar el DNI”, “Las Chicas de las Tiendas de Fotocopias”, “La Farmacéutica Intrépida”, “La Erosión”, “Solo Copiamos Lo Malo”, “La Novia del Ingenero (versión suite sinfónica)”, “Fiestas Patronales en Beirut-Oeste”, “¿Resistirá la velada familiar frente a las modas adolescentes? “, “Biología y Destino”, “Claroscuro” and “Juan Miguel”.
Then I find a blog called Sólo Maquetas. Here they have shared some tracks from the band’s early demos as well as sharing some interesting information. It turns out the band’s first demo was called “Currículum” and was released in 1999. This was released by the band’s own label Latifundio Records. All their releases would be self-released even though there was interest from the Spicnic label.
Most of the members had been in the band Núcleo 7 but after their drummer Tom Destroy was replaced by a drum machine they changed their name to Los Empresarios (the businessmen). The band was formed by Emilio Augusto (vocals, guitar), Marc-Antoine (aka. Lulú Ruiz) on bass, Ana-Belle on vocals and keys, and Hot Lips on sax. After the release of “Currículum” Hot Lips left the band and was replaced by Donna Lydia who went to play keys and backing vocals. It doesn’t say exactly which songs were included here.
The next releases of the band were “Ganar” (2000), “A Privatizar” (2001) and “Las Fuerzas Vivas” (2002). I will try to find what songs were included in them.
One thing I did find was a live gig of them dating from March 23, 2002, at the Garaje de la Tía María in Murcia, Spain. It is 40 minutes long, so enjoy it.
Then on this same channel I find a video of the band Los Animalitos del Bosque covering the song “Nave del Amor” by Los Empresarios.
Sadly I can’t seem to find any other details about them. So any help finding out more info about them will be appreciated. It now seems clear to me that the band recorded more than the 14 songs on Bandcamp. I would love to get copies, or at least listen to them! Who remembers them!?
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