Llacuna

A lagoon (“llacuna” in Catalan) isn’t made from scratch. Behind the band, we find four already known suspects from the Catalan underground orbit of punk (Eric Font, Eloi Nadales, Albert Riera, Gerard Serrano), associated with bands such as Hurricäde, I’M, Turnstile, Föbia, to the label DIY Saltamarges, the self-management space ATV in Sarrià de Ter or to the former Eclèctic of Torelló, to mention a few.

In their newest album, "Incendis" (2020) which translates to "Fires", trumpet player and friend, Marçal Coll, joins the band for good. By doing so, both the voice and the melody become more present along with the instrumental base. Although it’s true that in the first album the trumpet only made a brief appearance in the last song, it is played in half of the songs in this one.

Their first release was the namesake Llacuna (2017), an EP that started to define their identity mark: all that music that was referred to as “emo” in the 80s and, that is still alive today, constantly updating. In fact, the songs follow these melodic and dynamic trails present in current emo-punk bands like Oliver Houston, Sport, Mom Jeans, Macseal, Dogs On Acid, Gulfer, I Love Your Lifestyle or Pet Symmetry.

All the songs are also connected to each other throughout the lyrics, entirely written in Catalan, and which permanently flow in a dichotomy between the despair and hope of some millennials burning their daily life, within the context of an aimless capitalist society.