Bunbury reveals the reason that prompted him to retire from the stage a year ago

Enrique Banbury You already know What forced you to retire from the stage? A year ago due to throat problems that prevented him from singing live, and forced him to cancel the tour.

After undergoing various tests, the diagnosis of his voice problems is anything but glycolon condition You have an intolerance to this synthetic liquid substance which absorbs water and which is used in the “smoke” that is given off in performances.

This is how he explained it in an interview with the agency News agencywhich is frequented this Sunday Herald of AragonOn the occasion of the release of the song imperviousthe first “single” to advance b The album, which will be released on May 26.

The former leader of Silent heroes He explains that “by the second concert of the tour, I was already starting to have obvious problems, and the problems were mainly at night, I developed a compulsive cough that wouldn’t let me sleep and was destroying my throat And I had a feeling in my lungs like sandfrom inhaling dust.”

He adds that “the big question for me was why it happened to me that when I was on stage, I made records and rehearsed and sang in my studio and sang for others, I was doing collaborations and never had a problem, just on stage.”

Covid-19, pollution, stage fright, everything was on his mind. After multiple analyzes and specialized care, It was discovered that he had developed an intolerance to a chemical They are found in most smoke effects used on stage, called glycols.

In the above interview, Bunbury He admits, “It was a very traumatic time And frustratingly for me, I somehow saved thanks to Creation.”

He explains, “The new album is a bit of a result of pouring all this trauma and this regret into the songs and rescuing myself from the psychologist. What comforts you most is knowing what is wrong with you, this first. For a long time I lived in complete ignorance of what was happening to me.

Likewise, he values ​​the importance of concerts in his communication with the public. “He was painfully feeling that this distance from the audience could mean telling this link That there is communication with people, because a concert is not just a promotional action. It’s a connecting moment with people who have lived and felt your songs.”

Reappears after a year

A year later, Bunbury returned with a new album, in which he previewed a video clip for one of the songs titled imperviousand a second book of poems. He explained it, “despite the name of the song imperviousSomehow He talks about the weakness of the individual alone and what we gain with the other, and from all that we grow and that we can achieve.”

The song, recorded in Mexico and Produced by Adam JodorowskySupposedly A new stage in the musical path The singer is from Zaragoza, changing his producer, the musicians who accompany him, and even his manager.

These new Bunbury projects have been so enthusiastically received by many of his followers, as can be seen on social networks, that they are excited about his possible return to the stage.

In the video directed by his partner Jose Girl and director Sergio Abuja, The singer is accompanied by the new band that accompanies himafter his breakup with Los Santos Inocentes, with whom he recorded the new album: Adan Jodorowsky on bass, Raul Chichen on guitar, Victor Mechanic on keyboards and Guillo Morales Vitola on drums.

The album was recorded at the Desierto Casa Estudio in the suburbs of Mexico City and, according to Banbury himself, sought an “analog and nostalgic” sound.

The question his followers ask is If he were to give a concert again. He did not disclose his plans but when he announced his retirement, many thought that although he would not embark on tours, perhaps he would give a concert in private moments. The release of the new album may lead to this.

Likewise, Bunbury He wrote a second poem titled small dose, edited by Cantico. In a confessional tone, it is a diary written in the last two years in which he decided to “experiment with his consciousness by swallowing small doses of psilocybin”, a hallucinogenic mushroom.

In the foreground , Vincent Gallego He explains the theme of the collection of poems: “Out of this extinction of the self in cosmic vastness, of those inner journeys where the familiar becomes unacceptable and the awe-inspiring explodes into admiration, the pages of this book are clothed, yet full of affection for everything, including the spectacle of this absurd world.”