Desde Asturias llegan Nel y Helena para mostrarnos cómo hacer pop sin parecer ñoños y como hacer ruido sin sonar pretenciosos. Es fácil intuir las influencias de esta pareja que maneja a la perfección las guitarras más rasgadas y afiladas de clásicos de los 80 británicos (Jesus And Mary Chain, The Wedding Present, Ride o The Charlottes), con melodías más marcadas de la hornada C86 (The Shop Assistants, The Flatmates o The Pastels) dotándolas de un toque personal más elaborado. Aunque se les quiera comparar con la manida etiqueta de Xixon Sound, poco tienen que ver con lo que Penelope Trip o Eliminator Jr hicieron en los 90, ni cantan en inglés ni son tan oscuros, de hecho es la luminosidad y transparencia de sus canciones lo que los hace diferentes.
De momento han grabado un 7″ para Elefant en 2012 titulado ‘Ultramarinos’ que contiene 4 canciones tan electrizantes como la que da título al disco y ya tienen grabadas canciones para un segundo trabajo que verá la luz en 2013 y que a buen seguro sonarán en Clamores durante el Madrid Popfest.
Nel and Helena are the two members of this Asturian band. They are the living proof that it is possible to make pop without sounding bland, and to make some noise while being unpretentious. It is easy to sense their influences: the torn and sharpest guitars from the 80s Brit classics (Jesus and Mary Chain the Wedding Present, Ride or the Charlottes) blended with the more distinctive melodies from the C86 (The Shop Assistants, The Flatmates or The Pastels), ll seasoned with a very personal touch.. Despite the attempts to compare them with the Xixon Sound scene, the truth is that Los Bonsáis have little to do with the dark 90s sounds of bands like Penelope Trip or Eliminator Jr, neither they write their lyrics in English. In fact, it is the brightness and transparency of their songs what makes them different.
At the moment, they have released a 7” with Elefant on 2012 called ‘Ultramarinos’, with four songs as electrifying as the one that lends its name to the EP, and they are already recording some of the new songs for their next work that will be released in 2013. Hopefully we will get to listen to some of these next March in Clamores .