Sound Depression has just released its new album. It’s called ‘Dogs don’t understand the internet (… and I don’t understand feelings)’, with which he has managed to reach the top 50 in Spain. On the cover, he has surrounded himself with dogs and the album has been promoted with songs called things like ‘The Ballad of Dogs’.
Markusiano says that he was inspired by this animal because in the face of the slavery of “being productive” and all the evils of the modern world, he is struck by how calm his dog always is. “Why can’t I feel more free?” he asked himself on Radio 3.
Compared to other singles like ‘Me va la vida en esto’, which already has more than a million listens, we selected as Song of the Day a lost gem called ‘Vacaciones para siempre’. A theme that is integrated into the animal theme, with phrases like “if I bark I’m going to bite.”
The song begins as an electronic production by Underworld, only to later opt for the classic Sound Depression sound. And the film’s influences include both Crystal Castles and Pantera, as well as The Cure and Daniel Johnston. His sense of nostalgia is also present, even for the future (“record me so your children can see me”), but above all the violence of the chorus is striking: “revolt in the suburbs / there has been a bomb in the center of Madrid.” If you listen carefully, immersed in the production, you can hear a sample that repeats “Bomba hay,bomba hay.”
In contrast, a children’s chorus emerges, sung by children, recorded thanks to the sister-in-law of an employee of his label Sonido Muchacho, who is a school teacher. They went to such a space so that the children could repeat the title of the song, unexpectedly and perhaps ironically, luminous: “vacations forever.”
Sound Depression has a long tour throughout Spain, which includes Bilbao, Granada, Seville, Santiago, Gijón, Murcia, Barcelona and a very long etcetera. Details, here.
