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After two both musically and instrumentally complete and complex albums such as “No podemos ser amigos” (2002) and “The Last Laugh” (2004), Irene Tremblay, otherwise known as Aroah, is back with a six song (five in English, one in Spanish) mini-CD. The new record could well be defined as the echo of that last spell, an epilogue to “The Last Laugh”. It’s a simple, flowing, acoustic-inspired record that suggests comparisons to Hope Sandoval or early Nina Nastasia. Erie arrangements and roomy instrumentation are provided by producer Raül Fernández – Élena, Refree…-, who also co-authors three of the record’s songs.

Unintentionally, her least ambitious project and most laid back recording experience have resulted in a compendium of poetry and… ¿orchestrated folk-pop? In which –Irene claims – the largest influence has been “silence”. In fact, during the months that preceded the recording she never listened to music or bought records – there was already too much noise going on in her head. She spent most of October and November of 2004 sleeping. She mostly had nightmares such as the one that inspired “A dream”. The only recording she did listen to was Elliot Smith’s posthumous record; it depressed her so that she hid it away and still hasn’t found it.

The lyrics are portraits of real experiences. Of course, the courtyard is a pretty obvious metaphor, but it’s also a place where photographs for the CD’s artwork were taken: the garden of the house where “The Last Laugh” was completed.

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  • PerraSuicida

    Alguien sabe si Aroah vendrá a México?

    15 Dec 2010 Reply
  • poRnopoeta

    Con los días lo iré actualizando, es sólo un intento para que la gente se haga una idea de quién es Aroah.

    7 Jul 2010 Reply
  • poRnopoeta

    Bueno, yo el único referente que tengo es el disco a dúo con Vegas y que canta en ingles también, lo que no sé es a qué putas se refiere la persona que escribió "los datos biográficos" con "inquilino comunista" ni a quién quiso ofender con eso; lo que si sé es que es de esos grandes non descubiertos (todavía).

    7 Jul 2010 Reply
  • Sluagh

    es muy guay ella, pero el que escribio su overview no sabe redactar uastedes fans seguro pueden hacerlo mejor, haganlo por Aroah. Yo pense que seria similar a Russian Red pero segun last, no, no lo es.

    10 Feb 2010 Reply
  • mintaka85

    No puedo entender como no tiene ni siquiera grupo de fans en Facebook!

    16 Jan 2010 Reply
  • Musicflyer

    La vida es así. Falta cultura musical general. La MOvida fue buena porque eran muchos y el efecto dominó y tal. I suppose

    25 Sep 2009 Reply
  • vanilla_boy1

    Aroah, un artista que al fin encuentro que se aproxima al estilo de indie angloparlante, buena musica. Me parece que es raro encontrar musica en espanol que sea del mismo calibre que el rock-pop ingles (ejemplos: La excelente Rose Melberg o Jenny Lewis, etc.) musica asi. No entiendo la discrepancia de caracter entre la musica alternativa en espanol y la inglesa. Habran quienes disputen esta opinion, sin embargo. I finally have found an indie spanish-language artist (aroah) that approximates the English-language style of indie rock/pop. In my opinion it is rare to find indie music in Spanish of the same calibre as English-language alternative. I don't understand the discrepancies in character between Spanish indie and English indie, and so on. There will be those that dispute my opinion, however. Can someone explain?

    25 Jun 2009 Reply
  • haxocorp

    mola

    29 Apr 2009 Reply
  • cyakuza

    Melancolía norteña. Echo de menos el Cantábrico.

    25 Oct 2008 Reply
  • babylonph

    Quien es el inquilino comunista?

    19 Oct 2008 Reply
  • bcndani

    es un placer escucharte

    15 Oct 2008 Reply
  • elsimondark

    Demasiado amor ahí en "Aroah".

    12 Aug 2008 Reply
  • rafadro

    Cuándo volverá Aroah a tocar en Tijuana? Bueno, me queda el recuerdo y el montón de fotos que le tome.

    15 Jul 2008 Reply
  • bydiox

    Yupi!

    29 Oct 2007 Reply
  • david_karnicero

    A quien pueda interesarle, concierto muy interesante con Julie Doiron y Aroah: http://www.lakarniceria.com/BaseFiles/musica/news.aspx?ID=1452

    26 Oct 2007 Reply
  • david_karnicero

    Muy buen disco. En la página donde colaboro le hemos hecho una reseña: http://www.lakarniceria.com/BaseFiles/musica/review.aspx?ID=1397

    18 Oct 2007 Reply
  • sinking_heart

    votad las fotos!

    2 Sep 2007 Reply
  • sinking_heart

    que bueno es el nuevo, joder :__

    6 Aug 2007 Reply
  • toxicosmica

    bien por su nuevo disco

    10 Jul 2007 Reply
  • mAltieri

    Nuevas fotos/ New Pics. Vota!

    19 Jan 2007 Reply
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