Maryland in Madrid (Costello, 02/26/2012)

If you've ever been to the room Costello you know how there are concerts: sticky, wet, resonant ... come on, charming (without irony, mind you) with that flavor that makes underground cave Costello add some magic to every band that gets on its tiny stage-another thing that adds excellent acoustics. If you have ever listened to Maryland, you know how they sound: sweet, catchy choruses and melodies that hook ... perhaps too uniform. But another thing is to keep that sweetness on stage ...

BOOM! Sounds "Atom Bomb". Suddenly, the five that seemed so tranquilitos, released a stream of sound that shrinks, more if possible, the room. The atmosphere was perfectly in keeping with the group. You could tell there was a lot Vigo (myself included) and also a large family wanting to listen to new issues of Maryland, your vinyl 7'' "Something to Share" with Ernie Records, but also their 'mythical' they would say in Galicia . And that's why he could not miss "Fury Road", "Red Boots" or "Lux" "Get Cold Feet".

But this is not worth the cold feet (or rather, the pulling back, the flinching) and Maryland kept the heat from the amplifiers driven by touchingly pop melodies. To do this, they took the big guns: the new songs sounded great, clean, but perhaps More of the same? Either way, you could tell he had wanted to present "Lost" and "Too Cold" of this new work will share, and never better in March. They knew how to toggle between the new and old, especially considering a hearing, it was noted, were already known. So, granted space in the set list for some songs from their debut album "Surprise" and "This Time".

Maryland in the room Costello

Clearly, Maryland is a group package. The themes are stylistically tight but perhaps they lack is what they call 'bill', that "alas," that outlines and detail that will bring more personality to them (come on, something that distinguishes them from all those bands' touchingly pop '). However, on stage and make it grow a little flat a discography (with little acid, so to speak) an explosion that engages and encourages. That's his secret, his "alas" means direct. And so, once we get carried away with the first issue, we fully even in mellow pop forms (even) as "25 Springs" or "In My Song".

Clearly, Maryland is not a reference group, but a band that clearly references mom American taste (and who does not?). But it is also clear that in the scenario you breathe something else (and I mean just the fumes from the public and the walls of the cave Costello, that too) but there is detente, a good roll and so willingly that part of the stage, you just out of the room with a very good taste, a "something to share" in the making.