Things were about guitars this Friday at Cruïlla, in which there was a notable increase in the number of people, with a line-up that maintained its Spanish accent during the afternoon, although it was no longer Latino like on Thursday. Ahead, a long and intense day where the headliners reserved for the last minute.
The proximity between the five festival stages makes it easy to get around, but it does not prevent you from having to choose the best option, especially if you are a fan of stand-up comedy as well as music. Such was the dilemma that the Vallformosa stage offered this Friday with the first day of Comèdia, another festival within the Cruïlla festival that demonstrates the success of combining both proposals in the same program, with the performance of top-level comedians such as Charlie Pee or Patricia Mirror.
The dilemma was not easy to solve either, even if we limited ourselves to the musical section. Two different proposals simultaneously opened the day: Menta, with its raw and energetic rock, made Johnnie Walker’s stage vibrate with the songs from his first LP, A strange moment, an ode to nihilism that they presented at full volume singing Fatal, thanks, with the refrain “there is no future, there is no tomorrow”. Los Peces Raros, an Argentine duo with an electronic industrial sound supported by the sharp and languid voice of Lucio Consolo, floats above the constant bass drum that moved the bodies of the public, suggesting a musical line that continued in Alt-J to explode nearby. at midnight with Sigur Rós.
The problem of choice continued in the next turn, where it was time to choose between two proposals with rock roots. On the Oxfam Intermón stage they played The Guapos, a Mexican formation that revives the rock of the sixties and seventies with the inexcusable presence of Leiva on drums (this Saturday he will perform solo), although he also sang a Spanish version of You never can tell by Chuck Berry. Dressed in off-white suits, they offered a performance where the spirit of having fun without pretensions to inventing anything prevailed, sometimes recalling Tequila, which they honored with Me vuelvo loco, or Los Brincos in Isabel, a spirit that connected with the large audience that that hour began to concentrate in front of the scenarios.
At the same time, the Vueling stage hosted the Ciudad Jara concert, the project of former La Raíz Pablo Sánchez, with the air of a singer-songwriter without renouncing the indie “root”. This Friday the two souls of the artist were seen with songs such as If we lose, I lose you, In search of fire or Goodbye, which sounded accompanied by a sign language interpreter.
At 8:30 p.m., almost the entire audience gathered in front of the Estrella Damm stage to let themselves be enveloped by the art rock of Alt-J, the Leeds trio, who made their punctual appearance at a concert that was gaining ground as the night wore on. He owned the space. Without abandoning hieraticism at any time, they began with the leisurely Bane after which Joe Newman greeted with a “bona nit”. For an hour and a half they performed their pieces, sometimes cryptic in content, such as In cold blood, U
The revolutions increased with the performance of Cala Vento, the power duo from Girona that accelerated the Vueling stage while at Oxfam Intermón there was a lack of space for all the people attracted by Viva Suecia, the Murcian group that has exploded with their latest work, El amor de la Whatever the class, as they demonstrated last night by making the entire audience sing songs such as We have not learned anything or The President’s voice, guided by the suggestive voice of Rafa Val.
At the close of this edition, the guitars had to continue playing, even if it was with a cello bow, as Jonsi does, from the Icelanders Sigur Rós, who present the album, Àtta. Franz Ferdinand and Offspring were expected next. And as a gift for those who endured until the end, the Ladilla Rusa show to close the day twinning music and humor.
