Where "Popemas" managed to move everyone by paying a well deserved tribute to the mother figure, "Cierra la puerta al salir", fourth album by the all-girl band from Gijon, is a proud statement, dedicated this time to all those who have new plans on sight. They don't have the enemy at home anymore (as on their song “El enemigo en casa"), they have invited him to go away for good, closing the door behind him, as they sing in "Luciérnaga": "the heat will melt my memory and I will write my story again, I'll take you out of the script". "Dicen", another track on this fantastic album, ends with a chorus which could have been an alternative title for it: "te sienta fatal tanto suspirar" ("you look awful when you sigh").
After having worked with Ibon Errazkin (LE MANS) on their previous album, this time the production duties have been taken by fellow Gijoners Xel Pereda and Pedro Vigil (ex member of Spanish noise pop band PENELOPE TRIP and current leader of EDWIN MOSES and VIGIL). The album, recorded pacefully during weekend breaks in Gijon, is a combination of the atmospheres from the two previous records, "Popemas" and "Mi vida en un fin de semana". The lyrical excellence of "Popemas" is here enhanced with luxuriant arrangements and even a surprising yet brilliant collaboration with Basque singer songwriter Jabier Muguruza on the intimate "Funambulista.
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