It never stops to amaze me how music can affect my mood in such way. I recently bought Décima Víctima’s discography box set, that unlike The Rallizes Dénudes one, is very well done. DV always took great care of the look of their records, and it’s good seeing they still do. The box includes their two LPs plus a third one including all their singles and demo recordings. Inside you can also find a beautifull booklet with great pictures and a short story of the band as well as the lyrics, witten both in spanish and english.All their songs, but this one in particular, bring me to a melancolic mood like no other band I can think of. Like a teenager who searches for impossible love, just to feel miserable. Been listening to them all day at work, and at one point I wanted to have a miserable life, and be sad and cry, and i even felt bad for not being able to.I’ve always thought melancholy made your brain release endorphines or something that gave you that vertigo feeling, but also was addictive in a way. That probably doens’t make any sense at all, but it does in my mind, I guess. The sound of this songs is simply perfect. Perfect production, everything is so present, simple and great drumming, with a really cool sound (I love the reverbed snare). The bass lines are amazing too. The vocal melodies are really effective. Keeping it easy sometimes is the best option, and allows you to win with an unexpected change. Of course these guys had heard a lot of The Cure (Desde El Acantilado could be a song off Seventeen Seconds or Faith) as well as Joy Division.To people who are too far.

It never stops to amaze me how music can affect my mood in such way. I recently bought Décima Víctima’s discography box set, that unlike The Rallizes Dénudes one, is very well done. DV always took great care of the look of their records, and it’s good seeing they still do. The box includes their two LPs plus a third one including all their singles and demo recordings. Inside you can also find a beautifull booklet with great pictures and a short story of the band as well as the lyrics, witten both in spanish and english.
All their songs, but this one in particular, bring me to a melancolic mood like no other band I can think of. Like a teenager who searches for impossible love, just to feel miserable. Been listening to them all day at work, and at one point I wanted to have a miserable life, and be sad and cry, and i even felt bad for not being able to.
I’ve always thought melancholy made your brain release endorphines or something that gave you that vertigo feeling, but also was addictive in a way. That probably doens’t make any sense at all, but it does in my mind, I guess.

The sound of this songs is simply perfect. Perfect production, everything is so present, simple and great drumming, with a really cool sound (I love the reverbed snare). The bass lines are amazing too. The vocal melodies are really effective. Keeping it easy sometimes is the best option, and allows you to win with an unexpected change. Of course these guys had heard a lot of The Cure (Desde El Acantilado could be a song off Seventeen Seconds or Faith) as well as Joy Division.

To people who are too far.

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