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Viaje a 800 to Release Directo Live Album

Posted in Whathaveyou on July 7th, 2014 by JJ Koczan

Criminally underrated Spanish heavy rockers Viaje a 800 have apparently called it quits. Their last album, 2012’s Coñac Oxigenado (review here), was brilliant but largely unnoticed, and they’d had lineup issues for years, so hey, I get it. It’s a bummer, but they put out three killer records in their time, and that’s more than a lot of people get to do. Fair enough. They’ll be missed and maybe at some point we’ll get a reunion down the line. Never say never.

Alone Records will mark their passing with a 2LP live record called Directo to be issued in the coming months. For those like me who never got to see the band live, it’ll be one to look forward to. The label sent the basic announcement along in their July newsletter and I supplemented with info on the last studio outing and a track off it, just because it’s worth a shot for anyone who maybe didn’t catch it initially.

Dig:

Viaje a 800. Directo. 2LP

Finally out a live testimony of one of our most emblematic bands! The spanish legends says goodbye with a live celebration showing the magic that this band had on-stage.

VIAJE A 800 are just a classic of the spanish and andalusian rock. Not as Andalusian rock label, but as a feature of identity. A group respected by critics and audiences, with a journey full of obstacles (3 albums in 12 years of age) and abused by bad luck, which has maintained a close relationship ALONE RECORDS since our label took its first steps as label. Finally, their highly anticipated and announced ‘Cognac Oxigenado’ is now released .

With this album VIAJE 800 closes a stage in which the band suffer changes in their classical line-up that recorded gems like ‘Diablo Roto …’ and ‘Estampida de Trombones’. Now, ‘Cognac Oxigenado’ appears as the end after more than 10 years as a reference within the rock sung in Spanish. On ‘Cognac …’ Andalusian rock is more present than ever, it´s heavier than ever and more progressive than any of its previous recordings. 4 new songs, where ‘Tagarnina Blues’ holds your heart on pure emotion; ‘ Ni Perdón ni Olvido ‘, where heavy Spanish rock meets Melvins, guitar solos with palms which is pure flamenco on ‘Oculi Omnium … ‘ and a particular version of Buffalo’s, ‘What’s Going On’, through the personal Viaje a 800 music filter.

Over 50 minutes of psychedelic rock in Spanish, very own. One of the best national bands of all time. Considered unique and unbeatable on stage.

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Viaje a 800, “Oculi Omnium in te Sperant Domine”

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