lunes, 22 de agosto de 2011

The Gift - Explode, pop perfecto

Un gran disco de pop, una gran voz y unos teclados que dan una ambientación especial.
No, no es la descripción de la última sensación de las islas británicas, ni tamopoco el regreso de un clásico de EEUU. Es lo último que han hecho The Gift. A veces no hace falta cruzar el mar para encontrar discos tan bien acabados; sólo hay que ver lo que se gesta en el país vecino, Portugal.

Es lo que tiene cuando es la mejor banda de Portugal (que no se piquen Autoramas). Llevan años sacando discos que son un gustazo para los paladares del pop más selectos, pero nunca teniendo un gran eco mediático. Para eso ya están los ingleses, The Gift va conquistando terreno poco a poco, siempre ganando algo más de fuerza con cada nuevo trabajo. Por eso tienen que ir a pasos seguros si quieren llegar a más gente. Aunque realmente, tampoco parece que pretendan eso; más bien disfrutar de sus discos con quien los quiere escuchar y seguir imprimiendo esa pasión por la música. Es decir, cualquiera que se haya visto conquistado por joyas como Music.

Explode es el quinto larga duración de estos portugueses, que cada disco que editan consiguen darle otra vuelta más a su pop, o simplemente mejorarlo. La portada del disco ya deja entrever que lo que se avecina es una explosión de colores, de alegres melodías pop cargadas de vitalidad. Un disco repleto de intensidad sonora. Así es Explode.

Empieza el disco con Let It Be by Me, un adelanto a lo que es el álbum, con una Sonia Tavares que va entrando en calor mientras su voz se difumina entre el teclado que gana el protagonismo al final. Sigue Made For You con Tavares a la cabeza en la parte vocal, aunque acompañada por sus amigos. Es una de las joyas del disco, la parte musical, impecable. Nuno Gonçalves es un hacha componiendo. El toque de piano, los arreglos electrónicos del fondo y la poderosa voz de Tavares hacen de esta canción un claro ejemplo de lo que es The Gift. Explode está lleno de detalles, como los coros de Mermaid Song, que parece una canción venida de un mundo onírico.

No faltan los habituales temas largos, como si de pop progresivo se tratase, que superan incluso los 10 minutos (The Singles) o los 8 (Always Better If You Wait For The Sunrise). Las dos acaban explotando, pero a su manera, ya sea con alguna guitarra más afilada o con una sinergia perfecta entre el piano y la voz de Sonia. En el último tramo del disco aún nos quedan algunos de los temas que más energía desprenden, como la positiva My Sun o Race Is Long.

The Gift no será un grupo que vaya a llenar estadios ni vaya a marcar una generación, pero desde luego, pocos interpretan el pop como ellos.

Let It Be by Me by The Gift Official

Made for You by The Gift Official +

My Sun by The Gift Official



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