Friday, May 14, 2021

Interview: Bala

Photo courtesy of Bala

Spanish groove furnace Bala has a new album out today on Century Media. It's called Maleza and it exists to flash fry the dough between your ears and particalize its casing like a marble in rock crusher. Combining sludge and stoner rock in fast, aggressive, and unexpectedly satisfying (and unexpectedly loud) ways, it's an album that earns the descriptor "hard" in a way that very few albums I've heard this year deserve. I got to chat with the band's vocalist and guitarist Anxela about some of the tracks off her new album and what she's been most appreciative of during this past year and a half in quarantine. You can check out our conversation below: 


You can get a copy of Maleza on vinyl and other formats from Century Media here.