How good it is when Miriam Rodríguez releases new music. Independent, more human than ever, but like a phoenix it lands from a place it has never left. This is how Miriam Rodríguez returns with her third studio album, Red lines.
Ten songs that mark the essence of Galician music, that do not disappoint and that make your skin crawl in equal parts and make you jump off the couch and want to teleport to the chicken coop at a concert. The artist wanted an album with live performances in mind and she has achieved it: she is going to excite, surprise and open the doors to wherever she wants to enter.
Far from acoustic as the only truth, Miriam adds a new element to her live shows: the piano. She confesses that since she had to represent Lady Gaga herself in Your face is familiar to mehe self-taught this instrument, turning it into another member of his team on stage from the beginning. pretour which he did at the end of last year.
The new era of Miriam Rodriguez He is already revealing his new goals to us, and Red lines It is the greatest example that the artist has marked her own before and after. Far beyond everything she demonstrated with The direction of your luck. And there he scored ten great songs worth releasing from time to time.
A self-care album
“I am so lucky to be able to have myself and open the door without asking”, this phrase could define the central milestone of Red lines, the third studio album by the Galician singer. A return expected, requested and received as it deserves from minute zero. Even before, with the launch of Weakness Last May it already pointed towards a great reception.
The album opens with The fear of failing. After listening to her latest and extensive interviews, and reviewing the singer’s professional career, we can understand traits that this song could be about: living in a place where she might not see herself fitting in one hundred percent, and alluding to her career as an actress, so present in her life, despite having put it aside in recent years. Maybe I’m wrong, but the lyrics led me to that conclusion as soon as I heard it. It is the beginning of reinvention, the feeling of not giving everything that others expect. “I have seen a light shine very far away, without knowing that it was focused on me. When I realized it when I saw it, I was lost. The medals hanging on my neck, so much weight was not for me. “It was great for me to be such a good actress.”
The second song already starts strong. We didn’t know it before the launch either, and it has surprised like the most. Many define it as THE song. You have to be from here (meigas) -You have to be from here (witches)in Spanish- It is the jewel in the crown. Galician and with airs reminiscent of the group’s common melodies Tanxugueiras, talks about what only Galicians feel about their land. Very folklore, you could say folktronica. A song with which he has dared and expresses his desire to do something different.
Even so, it also has songs that are reminiscent of the trajectory that Miriam has followed in her previous albums. Catchy pop rock with lyrics that always have something to say. Although the center of her purpose continues to be to send a message of healing, improvement and finding herself. But she also sings about love in all versions of her, as in How good it is, The first of all either give your face.
I would like to emphasize miss (hurts). The first time I heard this song I had to hit the button again. play to understand the wonder I was hearing. From the sounds to the lyrics, the game has undoubtedly been passed again. One of those songs that gives you goosebumps and that, whether its story touches you directly or not, manages to move you.
Weakness and Red line They can be two of the most powerful to sing at festivals – where this year Miriam Rodríguez anticipates that she will fill her calendar with dates – as well as in her Red Lines Tour 2024. Two great songs that don’t lack anything. Furthermore, the message of Red line says it all, an ode to what has been her transition to being an independent artist – this being her first album away from record companies -, alleging the freedom she has had in recent months, which can be seen in phrases like “I’m so lucky to have myself and open the door without asking.”.
let me take care of you gave me the same vibes as Enough with me on his first album. A necessary song in which Miriam Rodríguez looks back to be able to heal herself and promise her past that she will take care of her at any moment in her life, saving herself from any situation. She always true to herself. “When the years go by and everything has changed, you will have me here.” Every phrase of this song is wonderful, and those of us who have been able to hear it in concert, on piano in its first concerts of the tour, can confirm it.
The last song on the album Red lines We didn’t know her previously either. Break the champagne It has a less rocky melody, with somewhat different melodies than those found on their previous albums. Another of the discoveries of this new era.
If you haven’t heard yet Red linesthe verdict says that you are already taking too long to get down to work because, although we have barely finished February, I would dare to say that it is one of the albums of the year. From its variety, production and lyrics, it is not wasted. She herself confesses that Your face is familiar to me It helped her to believe in herself again, and the limits are increasingly further away from Rodriguez’s dictionary. Red lines It is composed to make you enjoy. And you can see it. Because Miriam Rodríguez knows how to do it well. AND how good it is.
