Black Cat Red Dragon – Amaral

Almost three years have passed since Amaral published Birds in the head and now they come back with Black Cat Red Dragon, his new double job and it is the fifth study in his career.

The album is divided into two parts that could well be two separate works. The first, called Black Cat, is composed of 9 themes and the second , which is called Red Dragon, is composed of 10 topics.

The album is his most varied work but it contains all the essence of Amaral and follows the line already marked in his previous works.: great themes, loaded with content and where they continue to tell stories and proclaim demands common to each song. Kamikaze, The Sound Barrier or The Blues of the Lost Generation are some of the songs that enter the first listen and will surely be singles.

As I have said before, this album follows the essence of Amaral without giving up a gradual and growing evolution., they provide new sounds, They dare with other styles and all this without leaving aside the Amaral seal.. On a personal note, I think it is the group's best album if we take into account that it contains 19 clues and that every change requires a period of adaptation, although the truth, in this case, no adaptation period is necessary.

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It is the first time in Amaral's career that we can hear Juan Aguirre sing a song, who until now had always limited himself to the guitars and where Eva accompanies him doing the vocals.. There is also a collaboration with Peter Buck (R.E.M) who contributes the double neck guitar in Twelve Words.

The start of Amaral's tour is scheduled for 12 June, at the opening of the Expo 2008, from Zaragoza. Then they will make the jump to London to participate in the '46,664' concert.’ which will be held next 20 June in London's Hyde Park to celebrate the 90 Nelson Mandela's birthday and after that we will be able to see them throughout the Spanish geography.

Black Cat track listing Red Dragon

CD 1 – BLACK CAT

01 – KAMIKAZE
02 – WEIRD SUNDAY AFTERNOON
03 – THE SOUND BARRIER
04 – THE GIRLS FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD
05 – TONIGHT
06 – HELL'S DOORS
07 – BIARRITZ
08 – BLACK CAT
09 – ROCK & ROLL

CD 2 – RED DRAGON

10 – FORGIVE ME
11 – ALERT
12 – EL BLUES DE LA GENERACION PERDIDA
13 – OF FLESH AND BONE
14 – RED DRAGON
15 – IT IS JUST A SONG
16 – THE ARTIST OF THE ALHAMBRE
17 – HURRY
18 – TWELVE WORDS
19 – CONCORDE