The best unheralded Spanish (or European?) band of all times, LA JR, are led as usual by Frank, Rafa and Borja as the ultimate Dadaist-pop ensemble. There is no exact definition for the word ‘dada’ and there are no exact words to describe the multifariousness of LA JR. “17 animales” is a work of dark atmospheric lounge, trance Kraut-Rock groove or just anti-jazz-folk, as we like to name it: THIS is to music what assemblage is to art; an overlaying of diverse, motley materials; it sounds like porcelain, wood, glass and it squeaks even though it doesn’t sound like squeaking. Pendulum-like piano playing, husky basses, humming from the tide of the keyboards, every element bursts into bubbles. “17 animales” an ultra-contemporary album about Death, Sex and the slight possibility of turning Life into Art and back again.
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