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  • Summary: The fourth full-length release (and fourth self-titled album that was released in March 2015 in Spain) for the Spanish blues rock trio was recorded in London with producer Liam Watson.
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  1. 85
    You might not speak Spanish, but great music is universal and this, is unequivocally that.
  2. Mojo
    Feb 2, 2016
    80
    Culturally rich, and instantly identifiable as excellent, this one's an extra-hot essential. [Mar 2016, p.97]
  3. Uncut
    Jan 13, 2016
    70
    It's a filthy, fun blend of stripped-back rock'n'roll, punctuated by zombie seventh chords, rasped blues vocals and an Old World punkish intensity. [Feb 2016, p.75]
  4. 70
    These are not so much conventional songs but something much looser and akin to sun-parched jams.
  5. Jan 13, 2016
    60
    It’s not that it’s bad, by any means, more that music that depends so much on charismatic performance for impact doesn’t really translate to the studio.
  6. Jan 26, 2016
    60
    The Andalucian trio's fourth album was recorded live to eight track tape and you can tell: the arrangements are raw, the production barely there, the sound an abrasive, all-consuming clatter. It's an elementary mix but there's a blackened spirituality within its shadows.
  7. Q Magazine
    Jan 13, 2016
    60
    With Pedro de Dios Barcelo's vocals so Andalusian-accented even other Spaniards have trouble following. No Matter: their readiness to rumble transcends such trifles. [Feb 2016, p.111]
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