Since October 8, 2024 the Spanish singer -songwriter Enrique Bunbury glad his fans after the confirmation of new tour which will begin next June in Mexico and with which he will return to Guatemala and will interpret your successes for local fans.
From that moment, The Spanish artist also revealed that he would work in the new studio album And this Friday, April 25, after waiting for more than six months, he published Pending accounts, Its new record production that includes 10 songs with which it focuses on folklore and traditional rhythms in our common language.
According to Bunbury, in Pending accounts He incorporated the Spanish guitar, piano, double bass and percussions as absolute protagonists of sound and production.
The Spanish singer -songwriter added that his new album is a work that enriches his already legendary career as a soloist, but promises to consolidate himself as a milestone in his artistic career.
With more than a dozen albums as a soloist, the Spanish singer -songwriter has built an unwavering legacy, has shown his constant evolution, has challenged new rhythms and the limits of music in Spanish, and with Pending accounts It keeps intact the lyrical essence, its unmistakable character and its passion to spread music in Spanish.
Pending accountsproduction
Pending accounts Tenth studio album in Enrique Bunbury in its stage of Solita that was recorded in the desert of the Lions, a natural park on the outskirts of Mexico City, where Daniel Bitrán has created a small oasis for inspiration and musical creation.
In the recording of the album, Chilean teacher Sebastián Aracena participated playing all guitars and string instruments. So did the Mexicans Luri Molina in the double bass and Johnny Molina in the percussions.
The 10 songs that make up the album also have the special touch of the members of the Holy Innocents (previous band of Enrique Bunbury), Jorge “Rebe” rebenaque on the piano, accordion and keyboards and Ramón Gacías on the battery.
The new wink for folklore and traditional rhythms
Since last February 6, Bunbury began to show the sound of his new proposal with the launch of To get herethe first single from Pending accounts. In addition, that day he indicated that the new album would serve as a bridge between some albums in which he already made an approach to the roots of popular music, as in Little (1999), Flamingos (2002), The trip anywhere (2004) and especially Licenciado canteen (2011).
The Spanish singer -songwriter also said that his new album deepens even more in the Hispanic and Latin American tradition.
Recently, Bunbury emphasized Pending accounts and the new wink for folklore and traditional rhythms.
“CEarrings has obviously connection with Licenciado canteensince it was a album of Latin American versions songs, in which I included things I had done with the Ambulant hurricane (Another of the musicians who accompanied the Spanish artist), ”he said.
Bunbury recalled that in Licenciado canteen He made approaches to Hispanic and Latin music, but said that in Pending accounts Deepen much more with its own songs and with more thoughtful arrangements, starting from folklore and popular root.
The Spanish artist published simpler like The fucking desire to cry, you can get used to and Snakewhere he showed that in his recent album he explores Hispanic and Latin American sounds with a warmer and more acoustic approach.
“When they ask me what place this new album occupies, Pending accountsin my discography, a short circuit occurs in my head, ”said the Spanish singer -songwriter.
“It is a difficult puzzle to solve, because I hope you still have pieces that have just clarified the final image. Despite the difficulty of talking about a newly taken album from the oven, I can establish some certainties and not a few doubts,” he added.
As for the reason he recorded in Mexico, Bunbury clarified that he chose him because he fascinated the study and connection with the environment.
“Actually, it has nothing to do with the album is root, looking at the Hispanic and Latin American folk with the fact that it would be recorded in Mexico. Recording in that country has to do with the discovery of the desert, because the study fascinated me, I was fascinated by those who carry it. And at the technical level, the possibility of being in such a magical place, locked up with the musicians and the technicians to record a new album,” he added.
The singles
To support the dissemination of pending accounts, Bunbury published four singles
- To get here
- The fucking desire to cry
- You can get everything
- Snake
To get here
The first single from the recent album was released on February 6 and was supported by its official video clip.
The song was listed as the entrance door to the new album.
According to the Spanish artist, he indicated that, after his listening, he made clear a series of fundamental premises before entering his essence.
The song begins by reviewing the Mediterranean Sea and ends up traveling to Latin America, moving from the Portuguese guitar to the accordion, looking at the past to understand our present. A round trip, constantly feedback.
The fucking desire to cry
The second single Pending accounts It was launched on March 6 and according to Bunbury, It is a hymn of unwavering strength and love in the midst of chaos which includes an intense and emotional letter. In addition, the theme captures the essence of emotional resistance, facing all adversity.
You can get everything
The third single was launched on April 3 and was listed as a cumbia-morricone whose theme addresses the sadness of observing the wasted talent, through a character trapped in the obstacles imposed by his own mind and the pressures of modern life.
“It is obviously a cumbia with a text that talks about wasted talent. So many people that we have seen with immense talent, in my case I have seen people who had much more talent than me, who wasted it in waiting for something, inspiration, wait for someone to discover them, wait for them to have better circumstances in their lives and let time pass and have not offered us a work with which we can enjoy the Spanish singer.
Snake
The single fourth was released on April 24, one day before the publication of the complete album and according to Bunbury, it is a song that had been hovering for a long time.
“It is a song that starts from a flamenco rumba that we have adapted to a sound of the wolves, a group that I love and that seems pioneer and basic when it comes to understanding the incorporation of Latin sounds to rock and roll,” concluded the Spanish artist.
Enrique Bunbury discography in his Solita stage
- Sonora Radical (1997)
- Little (1999)
- Flamingos (2002)
- The trip anywhere (2004)
- Helville de Luxe (2008)
- The consequences (2010)
- Licenciado canteen (2011)
- Palosanto (2013)
- Expectations (2017)
- Possible (2020)
- Intensive Levitation Course (2020)
- Greta Garbo (2023)
- Pending accounts (2025)