I am not even sure where to start with Triángulo de Amor Bizarro and this album: Detrás del Espejo (Behind The Mirror). Last year, the band from Galicia, Spain released their album oɹɹɐzıqɹoɯɐǝpolnƃuɐıɹʇ, which is the band’s name spelled backward and upside down. Without a way to promote the album due to the pandemic, they spent their time creating a new album.
This is where Detrás del Espejo comes in. The collaboration album features the band and their friends performing a bunch of new song. Each of these songs doesn’t represent the band’s sound but the sounds of the other artists. It’s a mish-mash of genres, including some I do not even know how to classify. And when I say “friends”, I don’t really mean friends. A lot of the collaborations were with artists that Triángulo de Amor Bizarro did not even know. The genres that are present are hard rock, industrial, pop, electronic, and even punk.
I have not given Triángulo de Amor Bizarro much of a listen besides this album. Apple Music recommended the band a while back with the song, “Fukushima” from the band’s last album. When I go back for samples, I find a lot of genres also. Nothing sounds like the one song that led me to the Spanish band. So I really don’t have an opinion about the band.
Honestly, this album scares me. I listen to tracks like “Syf, paga” with Esplendor Geométrico and I feel like I am watching a horror movie. The album is truly experimental. I am not sure if I want to venture into more music by this artist. Maybe I might go back to the band’s origins with their first self-titled album from 2007. A retrospect of the band’s life might shed a brighter light on this album if I listened from the beginning.
Don’t let us stir you away. Give the album a listen and judge for yourself then tell us what you think.
Since that day, I have been study Latin pop and rock music and have become a Latin pop music historian through the publishing of articles, fanzine, and websites. My goal is to teach people about Latin pop music and the history behind it with my website, Siempre En Domingo.
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