The sold out of La Milagrosa in the Changó room, as part of the concerts for the 25th anniversary of Ochoymedio, did not start on a high note. Perhaps she appeared in Germán GES’s dreams to advise him to form a band, but last Friday the Virgin was not accompanying his band when they went on stage.
The Madrid group, which presented its debut ‘Ya no me duele mal’, made its way through songs close to post punk, but essentially pop, such as ‘Me paso por tu zona’ or ‘Cervezas, colillas, Rajadas, nightmares’. They had the favor of an audience that knew the lyrics from the first song, but was not always present. A bit like the band itself, concentrating totally on the music and forgetting that there is a room full of people in front of it. When they interacted with us, they fell into the cliché: “If you don’t have a job that makes you happy and pays you well, this song is for you,” bassist Gonzalo Sánchez said before ‘Anesthesiado’.
From the second third of the concert, things changed. ‘Disco’ turned the room into a retro club and was the first song in which the band shone with power and rawness, complete with distortion pedal and air kicks. ‘Dance of Death’, on the other hand, added a welcome variety to the set with a sonic palette similar to if the Beatles were a Halloween-themed band, in the best way. The audience was even encouraged to do the original choreography of the song, projected on the screen.
From where I was situated, I couldn’t see the figure of the battery very well. Suddenly, Marina Moon became the protagonist when she got up to sing the chorus of ‘Life is shit but sometimes it’s a little cool’. Instantly, the concert was elevated to another level. There are too many men in Spanish indie singing in the same way, so these types of changes are welcomed with open arms. Germán himself was honest: “Have you noticed that the drummer is the one that sings the best in the group, right?”, and he was right.
From this moment on, the divine energy began to increase and La Milagrosa was able to capture magical moments. The acoustic moment with the entire band singing in unison in the center of the track or the duet of Marina Moon and Germán GES when they return to the stage, for example. The biggest pogo of the concert seemed like it was going to happen in ‘With another head’, the group’s particular tribute to the concerts that began with singing a cappella. It didn’t take long for those present to join in the singing. However, the Virgin really appeared with the arrival of Alberto, Biela’s vocalist. With just one song, the young frontman turned the concert into an earthquake. Just what was missing at the beginning of the show.
From there, and until the end of the show, the track became abuzz. At one point, Germán went down to sing with the audience with the sole purpose of feeling the heat of the pogos, and boy did he feel it. There was the feeling that this energy arrived a little too late, but it was enjoyed as if it had been there from the beginning.
‘Ponzano’ is one of the band’s biggest hits, but even so, the madness that the song unleashed was something unexpected. Thus, La Milagrosa went from giving little to giving absolutely everything. In addition, they ended with an announcement at the height of the last third of the concert: their debut at the BUT Room on April 9, 2026.
