Asi Duele un Verano

Spanish Import. They come out of Madrid but have more in common with the likes of Belle & Sebastian / Smog / Palace Brothers / Drunk. They all share a tendency to use sampling/spoken word and make line-up changes and stylistic leaps, which assure them their own place on the margins of post-rock/art-country. The peculiar atmosphere of found-sound collage / sampling, intermingled with the Spanish lilt to their English (spoken and sung), is highly effective. The nearest obvious comparison is with Drunk’s expeditions into classical/folk hybrids with a country tinge. The song "Low of Defenses" is typical -- drifting soundscapes, lyrics that seem more Pablo Neruda than your conventional indie-rock fare, and a sonic bedrock of Oldham-esque archaic folk-rock (they have fulfilled pick-up band duties with him in their native Spain). Belle and Sebastian have already sung their praises, and they have shared bills with Smog, Kramer, The Magnetic Fields, Damon & Naomi, and Mark Kozelek.