Vida Vella on his album 'Panorama,' Returning to León

Luis Gabriel Illiliades Had Been Making Music in English, Including As a Drummer for Pansy Division and Avengers, for Nearly 30 Years. Through His Work in the background, he Had Dabbled With Work in Spanish On His Own, But Had Never Found the ideal Moment to put it out. But then, Came Panoramawhich heys began with “a series of sparks.”

The Biggest of Them Arrival when his steve Albini Unexpectedly shared This Intern Had Started A Studio – Inspired Aesthetically by Albini's Own – in Leon, Guanajuato in Mexico. Coincidentally, That's the City in Mexico Where Illades and his family are originally from. “It Opened a Connection, Wheer Real or Imagined, Beteween What I Built in the United States and Bringing It Back To The Town, Literally, Where My Family is made,” He Tells Rolling Stone. “And from there, The Inertia Grew.”

What was Born from That Moment, and Return to León, was Panoramaat Ten-Track Lp Illiades Releasd Friday Under The Name Vida Vella, A Play On “Vida Bella,” or “Beautiful Life.” The Excellent Debut Project is a Stark Departure From The Punk Sounds of His Past and Instead Taps Intospective, Psychedelic Rock in Both English and Spanish.

“My Dream is for people to be able to see themselves in it,” he says of the album. “There are universal themes like of apocalypse, that we're all having right now. And asking these questions about you put your faith in, Who's Save you? It's about revealing yourself romantically, spiritually, and it's about love.”

Lyric after, The Music Explores The Musician's Idea of Culture Fronterizaor Border Culture, Which Applies To Both Where Here Lives Half the Time (Tijuana), and his existennce as an LGBTQ, Mexican American person. “Are you mexican? Are you American? If you're queer, are you masculine? What rules have we ben given about what it means to be a man, what it means to be a mexican?” Heys.

For the Project, Illiliades Brought in Musicians from the United States – Camper Van Beethoven and Anohni and the Johnsons Amag Them – That he Had World With Over the Years, but alla State Band of Guanajuato, Which He Connected with in Leon. “We Created This Orchestral Feel,” Heys. “It's Cinematic Depth. They didn'T necessaryly speak the Same Language, but we made the album of a Lifetime for Me.”

There's “El Chico Francés” About a “Da” Dalliance with a French Tourist, “Tapping Into Those Feelings of” Adolescent Infatuation. ” “None of it is ideological statements,” Heys. “IT Doesn'T Have To Be with A Fist Raised.” The Song “Nacemos” was inspired by his Job As a Psychotherapist, Exploring the poignation of love He Witnesed Among His Patient and Friends Around Him During the Pandemic. “How do you rebuild an intimate and sensual space with somebody and let them in?” He questions on the song. “It's rolling the says and revealing yourself. And that's reality scary.”

The album was released under Iliades' Record Label Beso Y Abrazo Records, Where He Hopes to Support Some Emerging Bands He's Met in Mexico and Allair Music To Be Listened to by American Consumers. “The Distribution System in Mexico is so challenging,” Heys. “My Plan is to go down to Mexico with suitcases full of records and starts in stores like Mexico City, Tijuana and Guadalajara, and start these hubs.” With PanoramaBeso Y Abrazo is Just at the Beginning.