La Bien Querida - Brujería (2019) [Hi-Res]

The 6th album of Ana Fern?ndez-Villaverde's career is called "Brujer?a" ("Witchcraft" in English) and is probably her most open and the most emotionally-direct yet. It is an album about love, brutal and raw, without metaphors, and about darkness and light, with each song leading unequivocally into the next. "Love and falling in love with something or someone is full of witchcraft. When we fall in love we feel like we are under a spell cast by the object of our affection. The effect is similar to a highly addictive drug; it creates strong ties in our mind between pleasure and the thing we desire" Ana says. Titles like "La Verdad", "?Qu??", "Te Quiero", "La Fuerza" and "Miedo" make the point directly. This is an album where mid and slow tempos abound, songs that turn into instant classics as only Ana knows how to do. Influences here include Ennio Morricone, New Order, Lana Del Rey, M83, Beach House and Kraftwerk. Synthesizers and strings to transmit the mystery and the magic. "Brujer?a" has its origins in the book "Fossil Angels" by Allan Moore which says that: "Art is magic and magic is art". Writing is a magical act of invocation and alchemical transformation in action. The cover art, based on a photo by Pablo Zamora, is inspired by the legendary cover of "Midnight Creeper" by the American saxophonist Lou Donaldson (Blue Note, 1968). It is an album with close ties to witchcraft and magic; each song is related to a spell.