crushin hard on the pic in the OP
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:08 (fifteen years ago)
The album will likely make my top ten.
TSJ loved it. My favorite song, which I did not expect, is the ballad "No Te Cuesta Nada," which has the same synth vibe as Will to Power's cover of "I'm Not in Love" (which should tell you something about her affinities).
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)
"Sufrir" is perfect. Obsessing over this even more than I did "Al Siguiente Nivel."
― fffv, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 02:26 (fifteen years ago)
hah np. this is the first ilm thread on her I think― dayo, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 6:33 PM (5 days ago)
― dayo, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 6:33 PM (5 days ago)
there was a thread on her maybe on the sandbox? she's definitely well-loved on ILM iirc.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 02:28 (fifteen years ago)
well I think she is good enough to warrant two threads!
xp yes, the little chopped up bit at the end of sufrir gets me every time
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 02:32 (fifteen years ago)
man esquemas juveniles may be even better than mena!!
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:20 (fifteen years ago)
so beautiful I want to melt
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:24 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqOR3dwqljs
love how batshit this gets in the final minute
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:35 (fifteen years ago)
loving this
― just sayin, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 19:17 (fifteen years ago)
Newer ilx thread:
latin american hipster shit
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:31 (fifteen years ago)
she just got announced for Primavera. this pleases me.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 3 March 2011 15:44 (fifteen years ago)
God, what I wouldn't give for a Javiera Mena U.S. tour.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Sunday, 22 April 2012 08:46 (fourteen years ago)
yes! been on a Mena kick lately and found actual hard copies of her records and am loving them more the more i hear 'em
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 22 April 2012 14:52 (fourteen years ago)
New Javiera
H/t to AiM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S94UJ449P-M
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 22:48 (twelve years ago)
I hope the goodwill I have from my belated discovery of her last album isn't shaping my judgement of this, which is extremely favourable.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 23:31 (twelve years ago)
I thought she was going to take a lengthy break from making music, but now I can't remember how long ago I read that. Apparently a while ago.
This sounds great!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 28 November 2013 04:20 (twelve years ago)
I'm loving this, perhaps not as much as "Luz de Piedra de Luna", but almost.
― daavid, Saturday, 7 December 2013 01:30 (twelve years ago)
Javiera doth rulehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNTdNCU2y8
― making plans for nyquil (outdoor_miner), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:23 (twelve years ago)
Holy shit, I guess I've been overlooking this thread. This is great.
Also, I guess it goes without saying that this is another Canada directed video.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:56 (twelve years ago)
Awesome
― skip, Friday, 10 January 2014 17:17 (twelve years ago)
Amazing! Feel that Espada was the moment I fully jumped aboard the Mena-bus.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 10 January 2014 17:25 (twelve years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=241FKqkfOj0
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:08 (twelve years ago)
OH YYYYYYYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:13 (twelve years ago)
just what i needed for the summer
― dyl, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:03 (twelve years ago)
Dunno if she's ready yet to release another album, so I'll just go ahead and predict this track lands at #45 in the year-end poll.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:43 (twelve years ago)
New album in September I think.
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:44 (twelve years ago)
Oh good!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:46 (twelve years ago)
This is fantastic. Very happy to hear their is a new album coming out soon but would be even happier if it came out in time for the summer.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 19:19 (twelve years ago)
oh my fucking god, this song
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 13 June 2014 14:53 (eleven years ago)
those pinballing synths in the middle eight that envelope the song 'til the close are everything
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 13 June 2014 14:56 (eleven years ago)
"La Joya" video is on-brand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oSXpoWg5U
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 16:11 (eleven years ago)
I love that synth solo.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:04 (eleven years ago)
I just now noticed she did a guest vocal on a Dapuntobeat single in 2012. It's deece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNOacGXe2w
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:10 (eleven years ago)
That is not her in the video, obvs.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:11 (eleven years ago)
So. There's an album out on 28 October! Called "Otra Era". You can pre-order: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/otra-era/id927854929?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaB2WA7A9S0
1 Los Olores de Tu Alma 5:002 Otra Era 4:043 Esa Fuerza 4:334 Sincronía, Pegaso 4:455 Pide 3:27 6 La Joya 3:277 Que Me Tome la Noche 3:288 La Carretera 4:499 Quédate un Ratito Más 3:4010 Espada 4:14
The album cover (NSFW): http://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10689907_10152494262547637_5811857414121889378_n.jpg?oh=313c99e4a0659394ce5b394ce44eb0ad&oe=54AD6737
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:38 (eleven years ago)
yisssssssss
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 11 October 2014 14:59 (eleven years ago)
:D
― dyl, Saturday, 11 October 2014 15:58 (eleven years ago)
So soon!
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 12 October 2014 04:05 (eleven years ago)
Title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1rckkIw1_s
― daavid, Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:50 (eleven years ago)
this is great!
― anonanon, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:05 (eleven years ago)
nice! the outro with layered pitched vocals <3
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:57 (eleven years ago)
that is really nice
― Simon H., Thursday, 16 October 2014 03:54 (eleven years ago)
yay!
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 October 2014 04:09 (eleven years ago)
been bopping to this all day; i love it
― j. winters (josh), Thursday, 16 October 2014 08:14 (eleven years ago)
love la joya and love this, god so excited
― een, Thursday, 16 October 2014 18:32 (eleven years ago)
espada's been out for a long time, too, if you haven't heard that. or maybe you just don't love it.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 16 October 2014 19:23 (eleven years ago)
Trademark space launch present and correct. So stoked for the album.
― sweet lids of the stars (seandalai), Thursday, 16 October 2014 22:35 (eleven years ago)
new song is so amazing
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Friday, 17 October 2014 06:00 (eleven years ago)
serious love for all three of these new songs
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 October 2014 22:24 (eleven years ago)
!!!!!!!!!!
― sweet lids of the stars (seandalai), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 10:26 (eleven years ago)
this new record is so good! i think I've found my summer album.
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 27 April 2018 19:05 (eight years ago)
V nice!
― Simon H., Friday, 27 April 2018 19:06 (eight years ago)
Excellent! Seems like a great day to be alive with this and Dirty Computer coming out on the same day.
― kitchen person, 27. april 2018 06:44 (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And Grouper! Pretty crazy day, honestly.
― Frederik B, Friday, 27 April 2018 20:47 (eight years ago)
wait this is out today??? brb
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 20:54 (eight years ago)
"Alma" and "Espejo" are incredible and this is so good, easily my second favourite of her albums already
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 09:00 (eight years ago)
The new album is lovely. It's not hitting me the same way Otra Era did, but there's some gorgeous stuff here.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:15 (eight years ago)
This is...her least interesting album? Fault is probably mine, I just miss being launched into space...
― it was stale, and I did not like it, as the man said, &c (seandalai), Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:14 (eight years ago)
^^same here
― breastcrawl, Friday, 4 May 2018 08:27 (eight years ago)
I think you guys are all crazy. The vocal melodies on this are much stronger on this, they don't stay in the same narrow range that they did Otra Era.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 4 May 2018 09:24 (eight years ago)
low-key but not-at-all-bad Mecano cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4GDduAJoY0
― britain's secret sauce (seandalai), Sunday, 6 October 2019 16:33 (six years ago)
New single!
https://youtu.be/_Zub5WKLEGM
― daavid, Friday, 27 March 2020 23:34 (six years ago)
love it, good video too
― adam, Sunday, 29 March 2020 17:23 (six years ago)
woo yes
― dyl, Sunday, 29 March 2020 22:43 (six years ago)
what a hero
― boxedjoy, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:33 (six years ago)
Great use of negative space
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 30 March 2020 21:19 (six years ago)
i missed "flashback" when it got posted. banger, imho. this came out yesterday: https://youtu.be/j2BsHWcYEIQ
― Scampo, we hardly knew ye (outdoor_miner), Friday, 26 June 2020 20:09 (five years ago)
there’s 15 remixes of “Flashback” to choose from if you’re so inclined
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 June 2020 20:34 (five years ago)
new banger out today, "corazón astral" https://open.spotify.com/track/6POeNaMCaqfJZIgA11NR7T?si=v6pt_ihbQv2Ug-M9tcEhNg
― monotony, Friday, 3 July 2020 01:25 (five years ago)
oops, sorry, didn't have embeds on and missed outdoor miner's post!!!
good song, bad videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDFl-S2_Lw
― Bignefs Proportionable (seandalai), Friday, 23 April 2021 12:42 (five years ago)
new EP out, "I. Entusiasmo", which features "Flashback", "Corazón Astral" and "Dos", plus 2 new tracks. Hopefully the "I" part of the title means there's a "II" soon.
― monotony, Friday, 28 May 2021 07:31 (five years ago)
last year she gave a special performance for the 10-year anniversary of this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyyffovfF4
― in a bar, under the (seandalai), Sunday, 25 July 2021 00:09 (four years ago)
lol I am very pro Javiera-at-Eurovision (she has entered the Spanish selection process)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKVEPghN-4
― Vangelis fleadh (seandalai), Monday, 24 January 2022 01:17 (four years ago)
pls
― nxd, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 20:05 (four years ago)
Still making bangers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhVZHYucKbA
― daavid, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 15:40 (three years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_vsNMYlJs
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 15:48 (three years ago)
new record Nocturna is out today, featuring a number of already-released songs together with a few new ones. All-killer no-filler on first contact
― monotony, Friday, 30 September 2022 06:07 (three years ago)
love the flute jam on Me Gustas Tú
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Sunday, 2 October 2022 23:27 (three years ago)
is it better than the last one? didn't get into that at all
― groovemaaan, Monday, 3 October 2022 01:38 (three years ago)
It wouldn't have surprised as a follow-up to Otra Era
More highlights:- When Javiera says "Hola" at the start of a song- The Radiorama-level of Italo overdrive on "Sombra" (is that a lion-roar sound effect?)
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Monday, 3 October 2022 12:40 (three years ago)
new album is relatively chill (I didn't count a single "Javiera-era-era") but it's growing on me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VYiPHWqSug
― tortillas for the divorce party (seandalai), Saturday, 26 April 2025 16:35 (one year ago)
kinda mid :/
― jaymc, Saturday, 21 June 2025 15:33 (eleven months ago)