javiera mena

I'm loving this, perhaps not as much as "Luz de Piedra de Luna", but almost.

Javiera doth rule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNTdNCU2y8

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.

Awesome

Amazing! Feel that Espada was the moment I fully jumped aboard the Mena-bus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=241FKqkfOj0

OH YYYYYYYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

just what i needed for the summer

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.

New album in September I think.

Oh good!

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.

oh my fucking god, this song

those pinballing synths in the middle eight that envelope the song 'til the close are everything

"La Joya" video is on-brand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oSXpoWg5U

I love that synth solo.

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

That is not her in the video, obvs.

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 5:00
2 Otra Era 4:04
3 Esa Fuerza 4:33
4 Sincronía, Pegaso 4:45
5 Pide 3:27
6 La Joya 3:27
7 Que Me Tome la Noche 3:28
8 La Carretera 4:49
9 Quédate un Ratito Más 3:40
10 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

yisssssssss

:D

So soon!

Title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1rckkIw1_s

this is great!

nice! the outro with layered pitched vocals <3

that is really nice

yay!

been bopping to this all day; i love it

love la joya and love this, god so excited

espada's been out for a long time, too, if you haven't heard that. or maybe you just don't love it.

Trademark space launch present and correct. So stoked for the album.

new song is so amazing

serious love for all three of these new songs

!!!!!!!!!!

<3 this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V5vvGqZKdA

d-_-b

Whole album up on Spotify.

whole album is damn good but wow "sincronía, pegaso" especially

This album is so good. Think I already like it more than Mena.

The last minute of "Sicronia, Pegaso" is glorious bleep-bleep. If I were going out dancing as often as I did five years ago, I'd turn that last minute into a communal face off.

i'm so happy

i have recently realized "espada" is one of the best songs in years

listened to this like 5 times, v much in love

Excellent sounding album, I find it more consistent that Mena

i wish i could speak spanish; i feel like that would only compound my enjoyment of this. last minute of "la joya" is some of the most breathtaking music of this decade

production here is great and i think the songwriting took a big step forward too, love this record so far

To be honest, I felt a little disappointed by this on first listen. It *sounds* great, but the songs weren't as immediately memorable as those on Mena. And it's sort of ... one-note, maybe? But I'm looking forward to digging into it more, so that its hooks and nuances reveal themselves.

i completely disagree with you about the songs--i find them both more immediate and more interestingly constructed. "sincronia, pegaso," for example, has something of a disco slow burn that reads as confectionary, almost, but has these very finely wrought details like the "rapido, rapido" bit that's all slinky and just barely off the beat. and the title track works a very endearing st etienne vibe as it works itself up to that final synth meltdown/layered vocal bit that's discussed upthread, which is one of my favorite musical moments this year.

the last record got by, i thought, mostly on good synth sounds and a nice idea but lacked in catchy songs.

i have to admit that i played a few of her songs on youtube and most of them had that sort of elementary-school sing-songy, rudimentary melodies that remind me of indie pop bands of the 1990s like stereo total or something. the production was often enjoyably busy and textured but the songs were almost insultingly plain. i recognize this is not a consensus opinion and maybe i just heard the wrong songs. but my immediate thought was that in terms of melody/song structure this sounds like a lot of iberian indie pop of the turn of the century which i largely found completely disposable... even if the dance-music textures made it a little more engaging.

she's from argentina, right?

Great use of negative space

i missed "flashback" when it got posted. banger, imho. this came out yesterday:
https://youtu.be/j2BsHWcYEIQ

there’s 15 remixes of “Flashback” to choose from if you’re so inclined

new banger out today, "corazón astral" https://open.spotify.com/track/6POeNaMCaqfJZIgA11NR7T?si=v6pt_ihbQv2Ug-M9tcEhNg

oops, sorry, didn't have embeds on and missed outdoor miner's post!!!

good song, bad video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDFl-S2_Lw

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.

last year she gave a special performance for the 10-year anniversary of this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyyffovfF4

lol I am very pro Javiera-at-Eurovision (she has entered the Spanish selection process)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKVEPghN-4

pls

Still making bangers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhVZHYucKbA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_vsNMYlJs

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

love the flute jam on Me Gustas Tú

is it better than the last one? didn't get into that at all

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?)