Staying inspired after more than 20 years of career is not easy, but Lori Meyers is doing it. If the Granada group has managed to make ‘En lo total’, the first preview of their next album, integrate naturally into a festival repertoire full of classics, the second preview of this yet-to-be-announced LP works again on its own while adding new nuances to its sound.
‘Malafollá’ is another single with which Lori Meyers gives a new twist to her characteristic style. On this occasion, the band resorts to post-punk codes to build a tension that ends up exploding in a discharge of distorted guitars. It is one of their most energetic and furious songs to date, although without giving up a sense of humor.
That’s where the title comes from, which has nothing to do with the current meaning of the verb “fuck”, but rather with a typically Granadan expression that describes a dry and cutting personality but with wit and humor. The “malafollá granaína” is “a kind of gratuitous bad host that the people of Granada distribute without rhyme or reason to everyone around them and that, in no case, denotes bad character, bad manners, or animosity in particular towards the interlocutor.”
The lyrics take this idea of malafollá to possibly describe a relationship that is torn between conflict (“and after suffering, with a haggard face”) and desire. “You say no and you always insult me / Spiteful, son of a bitch / and it makes my hair stand on end / and it turns me on when you insult me” is a chorus as improbable as it is forceful. Meanwhile, verses like “And now I’m like a beast / The full moon is over today / and I’m wearing my uniform / you’ll see what awaits you” reinforce that component of almost uncontrollable desire and contained aggressiveness.
