La mágica
ambientación del blues rock de Blues
Pills continúa envolviendo a su creciente legión de fans. La preciosa y potente voz de su frontman
femenina Elin Larsson, patente en
temas como “Devil Man” no podía más que llevarlos al éxito.
BLUE PILLS
Live (2015)
Tras el lanzamiento
de su último disco en directo “Live” ya están preparados para un
nuevo tour y la próxima edición de material, que seguro, seguirá en su línea
sorprendente y rompedora.
La banda de blues
clásico del momento grabó este directo en el Freak Valley Festival (Alemania) rodeados de un ambiente único y
donde, por primera vez, Blues Pills
encabezaban el cartel de un festival europeo.
LA GIRA
Ahora tienes la oportunidad
de disfrutar de Blues Pills en directo en su gira por España, donde actuarán en
Barcelona, Murcia, Sevilla, Granada, Madrid y Bilbao
26/02. Sala Apolo
2 (Barcelona)
27/02. Sala Garaje
(Murcia)
28/02. Sala Custom
(Sevilla)
01/03. Sala El
Tren (Granada)
02/03. Sala
Caracol (Madrid)
06/03. sala Kafe
Antzokia (Bilbao)
THE INTERVIEW
Blue Pills's songs sound like Intesive and elegant Blues & Rock from the 70s,
Psicodelia from the 60s and now, maybe more Folk Rock from the 70s. A great mix
of styles that results on the fantastic sound of your music. But, what really
are your musical influences?
When we started
the band, Peter Green´s Fleetwood Mac was a major influence for us as well as
the band Free and a lot of blues rock psychedelic from the 60´s and early 70´s.
But lately we´ve been listening to a lot of soul music and it’s been
influencing us quite a bit for the next record. Myself personally I’ve been
listening to a lot of folk and psychedelic folk lately, such as Pentangle, Van
Morrison and Tom Waits.
This year marks 5 years since Blue
Pills began as a band. What is the difference between the music of Blue Pills today and your music 5
years ago?
It’s been a lot happening since we
started! I think we all grew musically and as individuals, you can hear it from
watching videos from 2012 and seeing us live nowadays. Even though we still
play some of the same songs, I think it’s a really different experience. We´ve
brought along some new influences and ideas and I’m sure we´ll keep on doing
so.
You're going to release your first LP titled "Blues Pills" in 2014
and a “Live” edition in
2015. Were your expectations completed with these albums?
Yeah, I think so, once a record is
done I rarely seat and think about what I could have done differently because
if you do that your just gonna keep on coming with new ideas of things you
could have done differently. At some point you have to let it go and focus on
what’s next.
What do we will see and enjoy in your live concerts for next tour around
Spain?
We´re gonna be playing mainly the
songs that are on our first record, as well as a couple covers and some
jamming! It’s gonna be energetic, groovy and filled with emotions!
What are your plans for this new year 2016? We assume that you will
touring around clubs and festivals. Can you advance anything to us? Any
important event?
I think it’s gonna be a busy year
for us, we´re gonna be playing a lot of shows and we’ll be releasing our second
record and start playing the new songs once it comes out which is really
exiting!
Do you think the digital world will end with music as we know it today?
What do you think is the future of music?
That’s a big question! I think the
music business will keep on changing as it’s been changing in the past 50
years, so we’ll see how things change in the future. I hope that people keep on
playing music from the heart and from the soul, as cheesy as it sounds that´s
what catches me when I hear something I like. As far as business go I hope
musicians can keep on touring and make a living doing what they love.
What is your best memory about music?
There are tons of them, I saw ZZ Top
live when I was around 12 and it blew my mind, that’s when I started to play
guitar like 10 hours a day. Playing Hellfest in France a couple years ago was
also a big moment for me.
How is a normal day in the life of a member of Blue Pills?
It depends what we are doing, if we
are at home we might practise, relax and so on. If we are in the studio we’d be
recording 12 hours a day. When we are on tour we usually wake up at the venue,
get some food and start to set up for soundcheck and get ready for the show.
Whenever I have the time I like to check out the cities we play in.
What do you think about the current economic and social situation in
Spain, Europe and in the World in general?
That is a huge question and I don´t
think I’m really qualified to answer it properly. Though I can´t help but
notice the economic crisis that happened lately, in Greece for example or the
terrorist attacks going on with, it’s really sad to see. I´m really hoping that
these kind of things will slow down and stop happening.
BLUE PILLS
No hope left for me (2014)
MISCELLANY
Could you tell us about...
... A book?:
Letters to a young poet. A collection of letters written by my
favourite poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
... A movie?:
Serie noire. A French movie from 1979 staring my favorite actor
Patrick Dewaere. It’s a really dark
movie, but there is a really deep vibe and feeling to it.
... A song?:
Seed of memory by Terry
Reid. Produced by Graham Nash in
1976 its definitely one of my favourite songs.
... An album?:
Van Morrison - Veedon
Fleece. Released in 1974, it’s not a really known album of his but I
think it’s incredible.
... A group or soloist?:
ZZ TOP, they are the reason
I started playing guitar when I was a kid
... A hobby?:
Music :)
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