Dover "Complications"

Dover "Complications" (p)2015 Sony Music

It seems like it's nice time to return to where you came from. The last year marked the reunions of some remarkable loud rock bands from the nineties: Failure, Molly McGuire, Moist, to name a few. Among the ones who came back under the spotlight from post-death nowhere was the Chicago-based grunge quartet Veruca Salt led by the female singers/guitarists Louise Post and Nina Gordon who once let the personal tensions and complicated love/hate stories kill the band. Almost fifteen years later being fully recuperated, Veruca Salt has put out the new single "The Museum Of Broken Relationships/It's Holy" - two songs that sounded so fat and reach and vital that it was almost unbelievable for the band whose heyday was long forgotten not only by the fanbase but seemingly by the bandmembers themselves. I tell you about the current VS's activities not only because Dover formerly were - and now again are - something like the Spanish blueprint of Veruca Salt (four persons, two girls as a creative core, post-grunge roots). Mostly I tell you that because this entire album sounds like a successor to "Museum Of Broken Relationships" single. "Complications" also sounds fat and reach and natural - so natural it's almost unbelievable for the band whose two last albums (recorded 4.5 and 8.5 years ago) were electro-rock'y ones. Maybe it's reissue of Dover's breakthrough album "Devil Came To Me" (now under "Dover Came To Me" name) in 2013 and it's promotional tour what made Christina and Amparo feel like it's time to unleash their rock beast again.
Now here they are - the reinvented version of Dover. Honestly speaking, even the best releases of the band contained the tracks that could be considered mediocre. Arguably, "Complications" is the first album of the band that follows the 'all killer no filler' template. I suppose it's the right turn in the right time. 

The best tracks: Mystified, Like A Man, Too Late, Building A Fire

The 1st post of the year

Upon my return from 'dolce vita' of the holidays to the zombie-like cold hands of reality I must admit one important thing: the impact of the ruining Russian financial/economic system on the everyday life of one given Spanish rock lover is drastic - and is going to be more and more drastic during the newborn 2015. Gone are the generous crowdfunding donates and vinyl LP purchases - the only acceptable kind of the music purchase for me now is iTunes. Also, the growth (almost by 50% to middle-2014 indices as of now) of Rouble/Euro exchange rate kills all my intentions to attend more festivals in Spain this year (I'm forced to say farewell to PortAmerica, ContemPOPranea and Keroxen) - it all would be too expensive in roubles equivalence with my salary blocked on its current level. The alienation of Russia also has the psychological effect - for me as a person who always has pro-European vision it's painful enough to live within the society whose most part openly hates the ones like me. If the common proverb says that politics is dirt, then contemporary Russian politics is the pure shit. So, taking in mind the aforementioned, I should try harder to find something good in what the new year may propose to me.

Anyway, the 2015 has much to offer.

AMA, Pasajero, Alborotador Gomasio, Havalina, The New Raemon, McEnroe, Grushenka, Anni B Sweet, Dover, Dorian, Pumuky, Xoel Lopez - they're all going to release new albums this year. So it's gonna be the fantastic year in terms of amounts of the great new music.

The new cartel of Sonorama shows the first part of the bands confirmed - with Newman, Marlango, Zahara, Mucho, Supersubmarina, Xoel Lopez and the newly re-born Mercromina amongst them. So it's gonna be the great new edition of Sonorama.

And in addition I have the plans to undertake some 'rock espanol'-connected activities which would [probably] make me short of money and [most likely] never occur - but my hopes are high so I should keep my fingers crossed and my mouth shut.

Just look at the Sonorama poster - it's so cool, isn't it?

Some new songs to catch your attention: the pseudo chamber detective story of Anni B Sweet...


and Dover's foray into the territory of Veruca Salt: