The Adelit@s - Un Solo Grito (Free Music Archive)

I got about 45 seconds into the first track before deciding that The Adelit@s were awesome, and therefore worthy of review. It’s a tad rough around the edge in terms of production but the songs jump out at you and have an incredibly infectious energy. The four songs range from mid-tempo to frantically-fast and dance across a variety of styles in the most wonderfully fun and listenable way. From bouncy country segments (‘Hay Que Luchar’) to mid-tempo punk to frantically-fast thrash riffage; each song is filled with two or three enjoyable surprises. Lyrically it’s pretty well written anarcho-punk aggression. Discussing topics like immigration and revolution with a strong conviction that transcends the fact that the lyrics are actually in Spanish and I had to get the band to send me translations. You can just feel the passion.

‘Pesadilla Americana’ starts off the EP in a rather unassuming fashion: the first thing that I was drawn to was the gritty production. However, any problem I had with this disappeared once the song kicked in. It immediately speeds up and the frantic, high-paced yelling begins. The first chorus has some incredibly infectious ‘woah-ohs’ and you get the first tastes of the fist-raising male/female vocals. These guys really know how to write a good song.

‘Estado Asesino’ carries on in a similar fashion and demonstrates the band’s knack for changing temps seemingly on a whim. It’s startling, very effective and well executed. Another excellent song.

The loud gang vocals at the start of ‘No Te Rindasis’ (Don’t Surrender) brilliant sing-a-long material and the repeated yelling of the chorus is particularly gnarly. It displays the band’s anger appropriately and made me want to stage dive off my bed.

‘Hay Que Luchar’ starts with some playful country-styled guitar play and sing-song before kicking angrily into gritty, distorted electric guitar followed by more wonderfully angry singing. The song is bridged by a natty Spanish-sounding guitar solo that slips the song seamlessly back into the acoustic-guitaring that started the song. When the distorted guitars kick back in again it is with a fury unmatched by any prior passage on the EP. The fact that they also manage to squeeze in a catchy chorus here helps too. And that’s it.

If you love super clean production then this won’t be for you but then you probably know that by now. I’ve played this 10 times in the last day it’s that good. I can’t recommend this highly enough.

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