Review of ‘Canciones Chulas’, the incombustible album by Los Enemigos

They don’t even want to hear about nostalgia. Four decades after their birth, Josele Santiago, Fino Oyonarte, Chema “Animal” Pérez and David Krahe return with “Cool Songs”a title that seems to sum up quite precisely a way of understanding rock. Without solemnity. Without needing to prove anything. With that mixture of irony, crudeness and sense of humor that is an inseparable part of his personality. But, and I insist, leaving nostalgia aside, they want us to see them as they are now, how they got here and their current reality.

The new job of The Enemies It comes after several years of more discreet activity and coincides with the group’s return to a record label, Mushroom Pillow, after more than twenty years of self-management. It does not seem like a move intended to change the rules of the game, quite the opposite. It’s what the body asked of them. A new release from a band that has always understood music as a permanent search. The question is still there. Also the need to find answers through songs.

The Enemies They have built their own language within rock in Spanish. A way of writing and playing that never needed too much embellishment. And here, he still doesn’t have them. Betting on the formula that has given them a name and prestige, two guitars, bass, drums and voice. With simple, yet complex songs. Very worked. In fact, they assure us that a good number of very good letters have been left out after being replaced by others. But with the classic enemy sound in the 21st century. The album’s title itself points forward. Towards the songs. Towards that need to continue making noise, asking questions and keeping alive a very particular way of understanding rock. And maybe that’s the real key. After so many years, The Enemies They still have things to say. And they still want to say them their way.