Elefantes Album: “La Forma de Mover Tus Manos y Otros Paisajes”

Un gran album degrupo de Barcelona. Tiene sonidos mas flamengos y un ritmo mas lento que su album anterior "Azul". Despues del el exito que tuvo su anterior album, el grupo decidio reinventarsey no quedarse haciendo la misma musica que les abrio las puertas. En las letras y elaboradas melodias se puede sentir la madurez de este grupo que tiene un gran futuro.

Si lo que buscas es algo diferente a la musica rock en español comercial que se escucha en USA, este es un album que te encantara.

The band is preparing for the release of their new album, and in the meantime they surprise us like they did with the acoustic version of `Azul', this time by adding an extra CD to `La forma de mover tus manos' which they entitled `... and other landscapes'.

Basically this is a re-release of `La forma de mover tus manos' with a bonus CD featuring 5 new songs and some other interesting goodies. For the ones who like and remember Spanish rock from the 80's, it will be a nice surprise to know that Antonio Vega partakes on this album, the opening song is the lyrical `Que yo no lo sabia' performed on a duet by Shuarma and Antonio in a delightful semi-acoustic version of the song. The second track is a new song, `Poco a poco', a beautiful ballad performed by Shuarma with that feeling so particular of his that makes the whole extra CD worth having and makes you wonder why this track was not included on the original release of the album. An alternate version of `Quedemonos juntitos' is also offered here. `Luz' presents itself as a rare and unique track that impresses mostly by its lyrics than for its music. `Para que sirven las cosas' presents Shuarma-like lyrics with an unusual instrumentation from the band that makes the song a little hard to listen to but also quite enjoyable and rare. The next track presented is definitely my favorite track from the album and it's included in two versions, `Cada parte de ti (con acento del sur)' and the b-side version in track 11, an excellent ballad version enhanced by a melancholic piano in the background, the best song of the album. `Cerca de mi' has also a piano rendition worth having but definitely one of the highlights of the bonus disc is `Lucha de gigantes', originally sung by nacha Pop, in the voice of Shuarma and Antonio Vega in an interesting acoustic version. The last track of the album is the aggressive new song `Perro Bambi' that works as a perfect ending theme for an album that deserved to be released separately instead of as a bonus CD on an existing album.

If this is the kind of material they leave out of the albums I can't wait till I listen to the new one! Great album and worth every penny spent on it.

Tercera entrega del grupo español que si bien no supera su primer trabajo "Azul", si lo iguala en calidad lirica y musical.

El album abre con el tema instrumental "Sonam sut" (anagrama para "Tus manos") que muestra una clara influencia de la musica del aragonés Enrique Bunbury, para seguir con lo que viene a ser el primer tema del disco "Hoy no me grites", tema en que se siente una notable diferencia en cuanto a melodias se refiere pero que a la vez denota la evolucion de la banda sobre sus dos discos anteriores.

El resto del disco es igual de disfrutable, y la voz de Shuarma es el complemento perfecto para las letras, que van desde temas alegres como "Yo no lo sabia" hasta el sublime bonus track escondido despues del ultimo tema titulado "Tus manos", una pieza acustica en la cual Shuarma presume la calidad de sus letras y a la vez hace gala de su estilo vocal tan particular.

En general, un gran disco, de lo mejor que se ha hecho ultimamente y que muestra a un grupo que evoluciona sin perder la calidad y genialidad que les dio reconocimiento con su primer trabajo.

Altamente recomendables tambien sus dos primeros albums "Azul" y "En acustico".