From the very first sounds of La Pegatina's fifth album Revulsiu you understand why this band from Barcelona is so popular at festivals such as Lowlands, Pinkpop and Paaspop. With exciting and virtuoso playing on trumpet, accordion, guitar and percussion, the seven-member band plays 'urban rumba', an energetic mestizo mix of ska, rumba, cumbia, merengue and ranchera. Combine this with the light
… humorous vocals of Adrià Salas and La Pegatina gets the whole audience singing, jumping and dancing. Thanks to the album Revulsiu, this can also be done in the living room, with 40 minutes of uptempo songs. Salas wrote most of the lyrics, alternately in Spanish and Catalan. Many guest musicians participated, both national and international. On the title track Revulsiu (Catalan for shock), La Pegatina is joined by the Mongolian rock band Hanggai and the Japanese tribal punk rock band Turttle Island. The Bosnian ska-balkan-mestizo group Dubioza Kolektiv is also participating and Ms Maiko (Canary Islands). The listener is not allowed much rest: a relaxed rippling rhythm only sounds with the closing track Y Se Fue… (SvdP)more
