{"id":12027,"date":"2022-08-31T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T04:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2022-08-31T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T19:33:57","slug":"canciones-para-sombras-ruido-blnco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/en\/canciones-para-sombras-ruido-blnco\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs for Shadows \/ White Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"

A plastic arts teacher taught me, in one of my (unsuccessful) attempts to learn the chiaroscuro technique, that no color is more intense than shadows. Although sometimes sharper and sometimes unfathomably dark, these always appear, as a product of light bordering on our contours.<\/span><\/p>\n

A dissected shadow on an empty background: the cover of Ruido Blnco's first LP, <\/span>Songs for Shadows<\/span><\/i>It is a statement of intent. The indie rock group from Havana, after a long period of recording, production and self-promotion, published their debut feature; an album whose central axis is a survey of the dark counterpart of our people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When in 2019 they released the single <\/span>my ghosts<\/span><\/i>, the band laid the foundations for an aesthetic influenced by artists such as Zo\u00e9, Vetusta Morla, Fito P\u00e1ez and Izal. As outstanding students of the local alternative scene, White Noise understands that a group is a living entity; it must have its own forms, a discourse that characterizes it beyond how much it allows itself to mutate on its very essence. And, based on that idea, they decided to create an album with everything they had learned from their first compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Songs for Shadows<\/span><\/i> it's a <\/span>Rare avis<\/span><\/i> within alternative music in Cuba: coherent both musically and lyrically, it builds its sound universe through lyrics that are more suggested than explicit, accompanied by a prolific musical production brimming with textures, thanks, in part, to the hand Republica Records expert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcos Gonz\u00e1lez, vocalist and director of the group, constantly resorts to images to the detriment of direct language; here the form is much more attractive than the content. Obviously, the lyrics encrypt perceived meanings without digging too hard; but these matter little if we compare them with sensations induced by fragments like \u201can apple bites your mouth\u201d (<\/span>change<\/span><\/i>) or \u201cpromises of moisture \/ they stain your skin\u201d (<\/span>The resistance<\/span><\/i>).<\/span><\/p>\n