Tonight, coinciding with her birthday, the second album by Madrid-based Galician Sila Lua is released. After the conceptual story of ‘Rompe’, inspired by his grandparents and a sea voyage, this Friday comes ‘Dances of love and poison’. In addition, Sila Lua will be presenting it on the same day, January 17, at the Sala El Sol in the capital, as part of the Inverfest programming.
The album has been presented by 5 previews, among which we have highlighted ‘Brasil’ and it is also worth talking about the somewhat Sade, beautiful mid-tempo ‘Yerbabuena’. Another of the singles, ‘Plan B’, is our Song of the Day today.
The song unites two of the things that interest Sila Lua most in terms of production: the early house of Chicago in the 80s, and Latin music. He has taken the rhythm from the first, and from the second, percussions recorded live. As for the lyrics, the artist herself explains that she wanted to talk about the chiaroscuros of having made music, that is, her greatest passion, her profession.
He indicates: «In this new album I wanted to show a little more of my insecurities, inconsistencies and dark dreams and move away a little from the more aspirational rhetoric that I think I used in my first album. In contrast and surprisingly, I think that the work has been more luminous and perhaps less “serious” than the previous one and that I have managed to talk about things that are sad for me, with a little more lightness.
The song, produced together with the Catalan Pau Aymí and the Jerez-born Sherry Fino, undoubtedly talks about her career, with phrases like “I’m ready to make it shine”, “feeling a pleasure that I can’t even explain” or that “going out to kill” . Among beats that do come from the darkest house, a more precious piano and guitar “drop” emerges. It is in those intimate moments – as happens with ‘Yerbabuena’ or the imminent ‘Ojos’ – when Sila Lua makes it clear that no, he will not need any “plan B” at all.
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