The members of the band Supersubmarina have met again on stage to present the book Something to Serve as Light, the life chronicle of this group. Through its pages, the members of the indie band explain for the first time the car accident they suffered on August 14, 2016. All this caused the band to move away from the public eye when they were experiencing the highest point of their career within from the world of Spanish music.
The press conference, where part of the content of the book was revealed, was held at Madrid’s Teatro Pavó. They were also accompanied by journalist Fernando Navarro, author of the book that goes on sale this Thursday (Aguilar). Upon arrival, the public, family members and a hundred followers welcomed the group with almost two minutes of applause.
Juanca, the drummer, has calmed things down with “I don’t want tears.” “A concert is easier than this. I think it’s something we deserved, to receive all the love from the public and celebrate this,” he added, in order to continue with the presentation of this book. Likewise, on April 12, La maqueta (Sony Music) will be released, where they reveal those first songs that they recorded almost by hand.
This journalistic report began in 2021 when the members of Supersubmarina met to give their first interview after the accident. However, this was not possible because five years after the incident the group was still in a state of shock. However, Navarro decided to undertake research work on the life of this band that ended up becoming this book.
As the journalist has stated, in Something That Serves as Light he wanted to do like Truman Capote or Gay Talese and “tell the truth.” To do so, he not only interviewed the four members of the band, but also 60 other people. Among these are people close to the group as well as workers from their record company and even the doctors who treated them after the accident.
For his part, Jaime, guitarist of the Jaén quartet, has stated that Navarro is to blame for these four friends getting back together. “He helped us reconcile, to regain contact, because we had lost it. We are here to celebrate life, it could have been harder than it was,” the musician stressed.
Before Navarro began this work, José, Jaime, Pope and Juanca were immersed in their physical and mental recovery process. According to Pope, since he was the one driving the van on the day of the accident, he was the one who bore the greatest blame. “My main consequence is being him who was driving,” he added, while confessing that he still remembers the “beep”, that sound he heard after suffering the accident.
But, almost without letting him finish this statement, Jaime cut him off. “You were not to blame for anything,” said the guitarist, “he passed and that’s it, anyone could have driven.” In Jaime’s case, he had to face almost 40 operations on his leg and depression.
On the other hand, José, the band’s singer, is still fighting to recover the mobility of his right hand and his ability to speak and remember. Now, although José, better known as Chino, is still in a slow recovery process, he is the most optimistic. “We’re going to come back, for sure,” said the singer, referring to the band’s return to the stage, “I don’t doubt it, I’m convinced.” “Supersubmarina is the most important part of my life. They are my friends and my passion,” explained Chino.
The rest of the group’s members have not yet set a date for their return to the stage. However, they have recognized that the support they have received from their followers and their colleagues, like Dani Fernández, is what keeps them “pushing forward.” “The will on our part will not be lacking,” said the drummer.
After an hour together again on stage, Navarro ended the meeting by expressing that the story of these four young people from Baeza is one of “hope, without cynicism.” “A vital story full of truth,” the journalist concluded.
