Melodies from another dimension.
A musical review aims to be objective but always fails: there is no more intimate, arbitrary and subjective text than the one that talks about music. For this reason, at the beginning of this text a small disclaimer: the words that follow are written by someone who believes the Solstis (2012) and that, despite this, finds Manifesto of a Tremendous Delirium (2026) as a beautiful continuation in the work of Leon Larregui.
Leon Larregui He is a complicated musician to describe and, therefore, complex to approach. It's not that his music is complicated: on the contrary, it is digested year after year by the masses of fans he has around the world. Rather, it is probably Leon Larregui is the contemporary figure of rockstar Mexican. This guy who gets into trouble in Paris, who uses social networks in a controversial way, who is not afraid to say what he thinks on stage and who managed to make “fucking fourth-class festival” and “up meggggg, megggg, meggg!” became part of everyday jargon.
This review is not intended to dissect track by track the new release of Leon Larregui (that is the task of every mind that listens to it). Manifesto of a Tremendous Delirium It is totally faithful to the musical line of Leon Larreguion this album you will not find anything that goes beyond their way of making music, something that takes risks beyond Volume (2016). But right there is where the magic is. Leon Larreguibecause to be honest, how many artists really manage to imbue their sound with such a perceptible stamp that they make you say: “this sounds like Larregui”?
On this album the production progresses alongside Adam Jodorowskyhis close studio partner, with whom he has worked throughout his career and who seems to know him very well. Basically, every Mexican indie rock production that comes out internationally passes through the ears of Adam Jodorowsky. He is involved in the entire scene and his knowledge is heard in this new material from Leon Larregui. A great success for this release.
In songs like “Haze”which opens the album, we find the phrase that defines the entire album: “melodies from another dimension.” This is the single that comes closest to everything it contains Manifesto of a Tremendous Delirium, a song that speaks to the love and trips that the musician has had in recent years in his career.
In this album we also reconnect with the Leon Larregui combative that we love so much, proof of this is “We come”. A kind of ranch ballad in which Leon Larregui protest in favor of migrants and in the name of dignity: “We come in flesh and blood, just like you. And although I don't know how to speak English, I speak more languages than you. We come looking for a truce and a fair opportunity. What's wrong with fighting for a better life?
Towards the end of tracklistsongs like “Break into Pieces” and “Amen” they bring the listener closer to connecting with the Leon Larregui spiritual that is in tune with a supreme force. This cannot be translated as God, but it is the force of love that moves his sound universe and which he has spoken of in the lyrics of Zoe.
Manifesto of a Tremendous Delirium cannot be described as a new chapter in the career of Leon Larreguibut it is the logical, sensitive and wonderful continuation of a musician so loved by Mexico that he is already cultural heritage, at least in the hearts of his thousands of fans.
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