I meet Barry B after his overwhelming Sold Out in the But of Madrid and, with the naturalness and closeness of someone raised in a place like Aranda de Duero, Gabriel Barriuso presents himself and gives me the idea for the title of this chronicle: «What does a good label come out? I’m neither rock, nor urban!
Barry B’s proposal is one of the most exciting in the field of music with guitars in our country. I don’t say rock because it would be a limitation. Although their first themes had a lot to do with the most alternative paths of the urban scene, little by little Barry has built its own road: a hybrid of genres that is still to be defined and that is on its way to becoming something unique. Last Saturday, Barry B profiled his musical future a little more.
The artists who have inspired him most are clear from the moment the Arandino goes on stage with a leather jacket, dark glasses and a striped shirt, black and blue. Everything very Velvet, but also very stone roses. On other occasions, Barry has not lacked the Outfit with Adidas tracksuit that the Gallagher have taken. Hooligan aesthetics is theirs.
The public’s reaction with ‘Joga Bonito’ demonstrated that it is one of his most beloved and, how unclassifiable it is, of those who best define him. Some renewed ‘Taj Mahal’ and ‘Kit Kat’ tested the attendees, being their first songs, and the loyal ones that are the fans of Barry, singing line after line were demonstrated. Nothing “lack of serotonin.” Thanks to his great band, Barry is able to reimagine his earlier releases to marry his new vision. In this sense, ‘Soleá’, with a spectacular only by Elijah Maro, he took the palm. The other side of the currency is ‘Rookies’, the definitive trap banger of Barry, which resulted in a brief collective karaoke Half.
The old was lived, but also the new. The launch of ‘Chato’ is a before and after in the Barriuso race, showing a new face to his followers and expanding his audience at the same time. The best thing is that it has a lot of life beyond the singles, something that does not happen so frequently. That is why ‘All that pain’ and ‘Vis a vis’ were so well received, getting a whole room screaming “I have never believed in God” in full lung.
Barry’s concerts are now characterized by a very bizarre mixture of madness and sensitivity. The wild and unpredictable side of the Arandino shines on issues such as ‘Tussi’ and ‘Swish’, this being a show within the concert itself. The faces he puts when he is possessed by music tilted between the most unleashed Jim Carrey and someone receiving a punch in slow motion. His general attitude, to eat the world. As the ornament of his microphone, the other side of Barry B is pure heart.
This facet had its peak with ‘The Lake of Pena’, a true jewel that has worked as well as it deserves and has become one of the great favorites of the Fandom. This was noticed with the departure of Gara Durán, received as if the same queen had dignified to take the stage. With Barriuso on the guitar, both gave a beautiful duet with which it was difficult not to melt. The kiss moment ended up killing those present. Cheers, screams, whistles … It seemed that they had married right there.
Despite wearing only one week out, ‘badly calibrated childhood’ was welcomed as a classic. However, it is already known what is the jewel of the experience Barry B. The first chords of ‘I thought God had touched me’ and the public distrusted itself instantly. All, making sure to be in the front row. The surprise, on this occasion, was Barry assuming the role of Moses and asking that the public be divided into two parts just before the bridge of the subject, just to get into the middle and enjoy its own chaos. This also has a lot of heart.
