Luis Gabriel Illades, drummer for Pansy Division and Avengers, will release a new bilingual album under his new project, Vida Vella. The album, entitled Panorama, will be available March 21st via Beso Y Abrazo and will feature songs both in English and Spanish.
Illades comments:
I’d always been comfortable in the background as the drummer, compartmentalizing my pull to speak and write. Once I stopped pushing this voice to the side I found so much to write about and the ability to bring together musicians from both sides of the US/Mexico border to collaborate in something resembling a brotherhood. I was really taken aback by the support and willingness to participate on Panorama from people I have been playing with for years. Never did I think that taking the leap to find my voice would be so well received and rewarding.
He continues:
Outside of music, my work as a psychotherapist brought me to a place of finding common emotional themes regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status etc. Finding the true common elements of the human condition and choosing to write about the emotional elements that we all share. This has been the inspiration for the lyrical content of this album.
You can check out the new track, "Being Born/Nacemos" below:
TRACK LISTING:
1. Conocete, Demuestrate
2. Cuando Vea Su Cara
3. El Chico Frances
4. Nacemos [Listen]
5. (Sin Alivio En) Atlantida
6. Be Known, Face Shown
7. When I See His Face
8. Being Born [Listen]
9. (No Relief In) Atlantis
10. You’re Free