Juanjo: Lolabúm took over the MAAC with two shows on the same night

Last Friday, the Quito group made up of Pedro Bonfim (guitar, keyboards, voice), Martín Erazo (bass, voice), Joaquín Prado (guitar, keyboards, voice) and José Miguel Fabre (drums), provided a double function at the Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum (MAAC) in Guayaquil, because the first (agreed for 20:00) sold out the tickets in a very short time unexpectedly, forcing to cite a previous one that would also be a sold out And although it was agreed at 6:00 p.m., it took a long time to start.

Yuliana Ortiz and Akira started the night with a performance that combined a deep declamation with synthesizers and experimental sounds, receiving the warm applause of an audience that was beginning to be impatient to see the young people from the capital.

Among the dim lights, a masked Pedro Bonfim appeared, shouting “the country is advancing,” “the homeland is broken,” and “what is this band playing?” it marked the beginning of an evening that appeared to be mysterious and uncertain. My God I don’t see news anymore was the first song in a repertoire that had the most focus on their pandemic albums See you before the end of the year (2020) and Or clairvoyance (2020); however, there were also topics such as Airplane and For this from the acclaimed studio work Tristes Tópicos (2018). In addition to taking the time to please the public with nostalgia for his debut album Heaven (2016), in interpretations such as Guayaquil Tyci and What a disgusting Saturday.

Lolabúm allows himself to be enveloped by experimentation. He is not afraid to merge indie rock with pop, trap or elements of electronic music. This experimental character was reflected in an excellent staging, in which lighting played a fundamental part of the show. At times you could feel the contrast of the different facets of the band; However, this did not intimidate its members, who were comfortable when executing works typical of their adolescence and minutes later taking a critical position with the country’s politics.

A night that was shaping up to be a theatrical proposal came to an end like a true rock concert: shouts, applause, tears, harsh messages to the Ecuadorian administration and of course The best love song.