‘No busques sombras detrás de mi, las llevo dentro. Vivo ciclos de luz y oscuridad, dolore n llamas, paz y tormento’ (Paz Y Tormento) / ‘Don’t look for shadows behind me, I carry them inside. I live in cycles of light and darkness, pain and flames, peace and torment’ (Peace And Torment)

Barcelona’s Suicidas initially released five EPs between 2012 and 2016, which were all brought together in last year’s discography, Éxitos Y Fracasos (Successes And Failures).  While they remained intermittently active on the live front, they also became involved in an array of other projects, including Irreal, Ruidosa Inmundicia, and Tàrrega 91′ among others. However, after a decade long recording hiatus, they are now back with their debut full-length, Canciones Malditas (Cursed Songs).

The trio continue to hone darkly melodic punk, nurturing a simmering tension that plays off a deep-seated sense of melancholy with their innately infectious melodicism.  Crisp percussion and a chunkily resonant bottom end anchor the taut, regret flecked riffage and brightly supple solos.  Meanwhile, the stridently energetic, deftly layered dual vocals summon the resilience and courage to overcome life’s betrayals and isolation.

Each track is a tightly coiled eruption.  Subtle shifts in texture see emotions swing for the tentative optimism of La Rosa Y El Puñal (The Rose And The Dagger) to the plaintive resignation of Llueve En Mi Corazón (It’s Raining In My Heart), and then from the rueful Senderos (Paths) to the raucous climax of Peligro Social (Social Danger).  It is a finely weighted seesaw between the desolation of loneliness and the quiet resolve of hope and friendship.