As the independent music scene in Puerto Rico continues to grow and spread, the west side of the island is slowly getting more attention as more events are organized daily and more artists based on the area choose to perform outside of their comfort zone. One of the most active bands to come out of this coast is Alma Nebula and recently the pop rock trio decided to finally give their listeners a taste for them to take on the go with their first EP, “Laberintos y Dimensiones.” (cover art for the EP as found on the band’s Facebook page) In order to start their debut EP, Alma Nebula decide to give listeners a mainstream-appealing love song with “Un Rato Mas (Dale Ven Aqui),” a tune that puts in full display their pop rock, pop punk and late 1990s and early 2000s Latin Rock influences. Then the band provides the EP’s title track, another pop rock track that features a pretty good guitar solo showing their willingness to stretch their artistic boundaries a bit. (picture by Fernando E. E. Correa Gonzalez) As the project moves along, we are treated with “#Medivierte,” the most moving and danceable song in the entire project as the band presents a fun-loving track that is influenced by genres like ska and arena rock with its nice use of trumpets and other wind instruments. To close “Laberintos y Dimensiones,” Alma Nebula delivers “Frenesi,” the darkest tune in the EP, which blends pop rock and metalcore in a song about passionate love. (picture by Fernando E. E. Correa Gonzalez) In short, “Laberintos y Dimensiones” shows Alma Nebula’s brand of pop rock. Though the project is short and doesn’t show the trio’s full extent of genre blending, it is an okay offering for mainstream audiences looking for something new as it shows a group still finding their own sound.
Listen to “Laberintos y Dimensiones” on Spotify
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AuthorFernando E. E. Correa González is the author behind over 30 self-published poetry books. He has been published by literary magazines & journals [Id]entidad, El Vicio del Tintero, Sábanas Magazine, Smaeralit, The Occulum, Tonguas and Hound Magazine. Other than writing, Correa is also the host of FENCast, a podcast dedicated to documenting the Puerto Rican independent art scene. Aside from this, he experiments with filmmaking, photography, drawing, painting, multimedia and transmedia. He currently lives in his native Puerto Rico. Archives
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