belako, the perfect hit arkaitz villar
For us local music fans, Belako’s our white whale. For musicians, too. Everyone wants to have something to do with Belako. Or everyone expects something from Belako. But, even though it’s not easy, they’ve remained loyal to their own personality in spite of that pressure. They haven’t taken the easy route and, even being so young, they know what the music world is: they give surprise concerts, have a better time than anybody else on stage, and are always deep in creative work.
On their fourth studio album, Hamen, Belako have shown that they’re getting closer and closer to the sound they’re looking for. While many groups guide their career towards having a more sophisticated sound, this group from Mungia has kept on going along its own path, giving freshness and strength when they play live.
Hamen is the perfect hit. The disk has become a new reference for the increasingly far-off 90’s underground scene we lived through. Along with that, the group have shown an aim of theirs: the four friends founded the group to have a good time together. Listeners pick up on that from the first hit, whether it’s in the studio or on stage.
The crude bass on Silent Alarm treads all over the current music scene’s prefabricated lack of personality. Off your shoes gives off the same idea and the listener suddenly finds him or herself surrounded by unexpectedly powerful rock. They’re songs which work well live but, in this case, they have their influences and songs like Track sei, which get close to electronic music, are great precedents. They’ve put together a great dynamic in that mix.
Belako’s at a good moment and songs like Hegodun baleak make that clear. They’ve also shown that they have a talent for magical melodies by recording a dance-version of Sinnerman. The next one’s bound to be even better. No nostalgia. Till then: just Belako.
On their fourth studio album, Hamen, Belako have shown that they’re getting closer and closer to the sound they’re looking for. While many groups guide their career towards having a more sophisticated sound, this group from Mungia has kept on going along its own path, giving freshness and strength when they play live.
Hamen is the perfect hit. The disk has become a new reference for the increasingly far-off 90’s underground scene we lived through. Along with that, the group have shown an aim of theirs: the four friends founded the group to have a good time together. Listeners pick up on that from the first hit, whether it’s in the studio or on stage.
The crude bass on Silent Alarm treads all over the current music scene’s prefabricated lack of personality. Off your shoes gives off the same idea and the listener suddenly finds him or herself surrounded by unexpectedly powerful rock. They’re songs which work well live but, in this case, they have their influences and songs like Track sei, which get close to electronic music, are great precedents. They’ve put together a great dynamic in that mix.
Belako’s at a good moment and songs like Hegodun baleak make that clear. They’ve also shown that they have a talent for magical melodies by recording a dance-version of Sinnerman. The next one’s bound to be even better. No nostalgia. Till then: just Belako.
