The Galicians Moura, two years after the release of their self-titled debut and the single “Muiñeira da Maruxaina” in 2021, return with their long-awaited second studio work and of which today they present a first advance called “Baile do dentón,” a song to halfway between Neo-Psychedelia and Krautrock that deals with the history of the trade with ergot in Galicia (rye fungus from which LSD was later synthesized) and the delusions and hallucinations that it caused among the peasants in the preparation of bread. Stream the track through the YouTube player below:
“Axexan, espreitan” is a map of the intangible heritage of the Galician people drawn up based on personal memories, popular customs, rites as a social element and the presence of spirits of those who are no longer there. They watch and watch over us in a protective sense; and they are part of our being, blurring the thin line between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
On this occasion, the singer and percussionist Belém Tajes leaves the Irmandade Ártabra (currently made up of 8 collaborating musicians specialized in traditional Galician sounds) to form part of the nucleus of Moura together with Diego Veiga, Hugo Santeiro, Fernando Vilaboy, Luis Casanova and Pedro Alberte.
“Axexan, espreitan” will be released on May 27, 2022 through the Andalusian label Spinda Records within its “The Trippy Series” in digital, compact disc, cassette formats and in a triple vinyl edition limited to 400 copies numbered in black, 250 in translucent purple and 150 in marbled orange. And from now on you can make reservations at spindarecords.com and spindarecords.bandcamp.com.
This new album was recorded during the summer of 2021 in a house in the parish of Moruxo (Bergondo) on the outskirts of A Coruña by J. Gutiérrez (who also worked on the production with the band itself); to later be mixed by the producer himself in Cangas (Pontevedra) in the fall of the same year and mastered by Álvaro Gallego at Agmastering. In the visual section, the cover design is the work of Hugo Santeiro, based on images provided by the Museo do Pobo Galego; photography, by Leo López; and the video-clip of “Baile do dentón“, by Pablo Soto Goluboff.
