{"product_id":"solea-morente-aurora-y-enrique","title":"Solea Morente - Aurora y Enrique","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRelease date: 11\/26\/2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited edition black vinyl LP in gatefold with download.\u003cbr\u003eCD in Digisleeve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e01\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAurora \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e02\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAyer \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e03\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eYo Y La Que Fui \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e04\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEl Pañuelo De Estrella (Feat. Estrella Morente) \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e05\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFe Ciega \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e06\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDomingos (Feat. Triángulo de Amor Bizarro) \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e07\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIba A Decírtelo \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e08\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEl Chinitas \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e09\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMarcelo Criminal (Feat. 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And she did it to talk about what she carries inside her, what we all wanted to know: what it’s like to grow up in a house with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eAurora Carbonell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnrique Morente\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. And after the strength of an album as powerful as “Lo Que Te Falta”,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoleá\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enow brings us an intimate album, with references to shoegaze and dreampop, echoes of MAZZY STAR and BEACH HOUSE, and to top things off, for the first time, she has written the lyrics and music of each and every song herself. This is HER ALBUM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody could imagine that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoleá\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewould have sought out a way to express her private thoughts, her deepest confessions, with such sounds. But here it is. This is the stuff legends are made of, going off the beaten path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis path opens with “Aurora”, her mother, who gets the story started and who is a reference throughout the journey, a narrator of sorts, with this song that gives us the first glimpse at the makeup of this special home. Somber, contained. But “Ayer” makes it clear that the parameters will not be the usual ones. Because the arrangements, the cadent rhythm, the delays, all make us think of shoegaze, of melancholy and bucolic soundscapes. The dynamic that grows to the beat of the emotions, the silences, the whispers, to tell the story of the emergence of love. “Yo Y La Que Fui” is rough and dry, somewhere between TINDERSTICKS and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSufjan Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, but slowly starts to let the light in, doubts about who you are and who you want to be, insecurities and fears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“El Pañuelo De Estrella” is where we get the first touch of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eduende\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espirit on the album. Amid programming and arrangements that could be from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSterling Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, her origins come out, while she tells the story of what could be the first time\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnrique\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eAurora\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor any other couple meet. It is a beautiful moment that passes so quickly and that, as if there were an option, includes that collaboration of her sister,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eEstrella Morente\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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Post-punk, dark programming, the need to flee from the routine, CUT COPY, muddy waters and dancing, anxiety. With the vocal participation of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsa Cea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(TRIÁNGULO DE AMOR BIZARRO) who moves through this strange place, sibylline and hypnotic. And just at the peak of the turbulence, “Iba A Decírtelo” takes us to the most evanescent landscapes of THE CURE. Sweetness, light, a slight blush, candor. “El Chinitas” is an exercise in folk with precious harmonies, and truly magnificent guitar arrangements. And that reference to “Ducati”, one of the most fun songs from “Lo Que Te Falta”. And with this move,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoleá\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ecloses the circle: the abandonment seen there becomes the culmination of the beginning of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eAurora\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnrique\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e’s story here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Marcelo Criminal” deserves a whole new paragraph. It pays tribute to a unique figure that includes the participation of its own protagonist, with an absolutely irresistible pop spirit, surprisingly full of clapping and guitars, and marvelous, fun, magical chemistry with that nod to PAPA LEVANTE. Meeting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcelo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e’s eye from the stage,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoleá\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ein the audience, in Siroco concert hall, the rain… And the music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Polvo Y Arena” is a hymn to time, memory, goodbyes, the love that is never forgotten, even if it doesn’t last. And also, to all the sleepless nights spent thinking about all of that. 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