Maria Rodes - Fuimos Los Dos

Vinyl LP pressing. After eight albums, Maria Rodés' talent has been made absolutely clear on numerous occasions. But Fuimos Los Dos is a special album, and not just because it's her first solo album with Elefant Records (after that wonder she shared with La Estrella de David titled Contigo). We are probably looking at her most intimate work, where she combines singer-songwriting, Latin American folklore and sonic experimentation to express her vision of the end of romantic relationships. It is an absolute delight, and her marvelous voice dances between minute, delicate, exquisite arrangements. The album is produced hand in hand with Joel Condal, and also includes guitars and charango (a small Andean string instrument) by Isabelle Laudenbach and Marina Tomás, and cello by Marta Roma, who weave a blanket of arrangements that intertwine and hold together the story of this break-up from beginning to end.