They played their new album, screened a documentary and answered questions

It’s a complete paradox that some artists are betting on rallying fans for such unconventional propositions as digital platforms have proliferated and the habit of listening to entire albums has almost completely disappeared. Get together to share new songs without performing live.

In recent years, several urban music soloists have organized these events with great success. Dirom presented surgery In the pitch-black Colosseum theater, Milo J He played videos for each topic 166 at C Art Media (where he caught a bus to Moron), duki presented America At Movistar Arena, he did not perform live, but sang the song live. reproduction Dancer and artist friends also appeared.

This is probably the first experience of this kind in the rock field. dividedon Wednesday night, the 12th, at the Movistar Arena, where the group had gathered 8,500 people to hear the album. divided (released this Friday the 14th on digital platforms and physical formats), watch the documentary. production of Finally, share your chat with the band. 1 hour per section. Total 3 hours.

The result was a great success, practically a fan’s dream come true, and the fans received great satisfaction. Ricardo Moro, Diego Arnedo and Katriel Ciavarella To share the release of an album with an audience, whereas previously we used to do that at best in small gatherings with friends and press.

There was a secret behind such a bet: 15 years ago rock roller He never edits his work with new songs. his last work Poppy ’66 They started their career in 2010 and have never stopped performing live since then, but it wasn’t until the period 2019 to 2025 that they returned to the recording studio.

The result is dividedthe first album to bear the same title. A perfect example of the trio’s stylepowerful themes, gentle moments, and even acoustic ballads.

The advance was singles. won the world (June 2019), sports ride (October 2020) and saint leap (April 2023). Nine more songs were added, bringing Divididos to 12 songs and about an hour of music.

The cover shows two pieces of cloth, possibly part of the Argentine flag, held together with surgical thread. “That suture and the album name have meaning. That union is an expression of desire,” the singer and guitarist explained.

The sound, the mud, the skin This is the title of the documentary produced by Leopoldo Montero Ciancio, which chronicles everything behind the scenes of the recording of this work. dividedfrom the preparation and coordination of La Calandria’s studio, Images and visual metaphors Like the boys playing soccer or the boys attending a painting class, alluding to the content of the lyrics.

Ricardo, Diego, and Katriel also appear to be talking to the camera. In-depth thoughts and definitions about the creative process, or anything interesting. Like when Arnedo looked back and said, “This couple lasted the longest!” Or when the bassist says, “I hope this isn’t the last album,” and the drummer replies, “It won’t!”

Audiences watched the film enthusiastically, even clapping at scenes such as the end of the music section and scenes such as Hurlingham Station, where graffiti was painted alluding to Luca Prodan.

Just complement it with text and type background visualizer A huge video screen played the album in its entirety without interruption in the dark room.

This is how they progressed from a strong start traveling companions Until the beautiful acoustic finale cricketpasses through the power of harmonica and zeppelin. mountain of oblivionscheduled for swap (and probably honeysuckle of fish) burst E major, And almost the ricotta cheese intro insomnia“There is no dream of not being hurt” (Sea Disturber), “How many rafts do you think have been shipwrecked” (lighthouse).

divided it’s the perfect albumthere are songs that become instant classics, without any shortcomings, setbacks or embedded elements (saint leap (already so) and has an organic, distinctly analog sound, with exquisite instrumentation that highlights the guitar solos on songs such as: Mrs. Red, Wong World and nimble you would already know.

The final hour was played with the three members of Divided next to Philosopher on a stage set that looked like a living room. Dario SteinschreibelHe gave an introduction reminiscent of Nietzsche’s view of Apollo and Dionysus in Greek mythology. He then asked a few questions and opened the game to the public from every corner of the stadium.

“The last 15 years have not been silent. Music has no expiry date and fortunately the connection has continued. When you feel proud of what you did, that’s when you say, ‘Yes, now’. And that’s how this album was born,” Moro says at one point, a phrase that concludes a long wait in the long history of this important Argentine rock band and marks the beginning of a new stage.