I get a lot of e-mails about music and new bands coming out. Mostly from bands/labels/people that I follow on Bandcamp (follow me here). And I pay attention to each and every one of them. You just never know what you’re going to get. Some are crap, some are great. So I see this one from a band called Negracalavera and click on it thinking “ok, you never know. This could just be the best band ever.” And I clicked. And at that moment, they were.
Holy crap! Negracalavera have been around for at least 7 years. They’re from Spain and play “high energy rock ‘n roll” (you know, like Electric Frankenstein and the Hellacopters) and boy, do they! One thing that separates them from most other “action rock” bands that I caught right away, was the blazing guitar solos! These aren’t just paint by numbers generic solos. These are just smokin’ guitar solos where every note means something and are just perfectly played. Lyrically, I have no idea what they’re singing about, but 97.2% of the time, I don’t care what a band is singing about. I do have to say this though: this is the only thing I’ve been listening to the past few days.
Four songs that are over way too quickly. Definitely a band to look out for and certainly in the running for the “best EP of the year”. They have another EP out (that was released in 2021 and is just as good) and a full length album. Check out these songs and let me know what you think!
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