A Spanish band that found its voice through two different singers and decades of melodic storytelling.
If you want to hear what they're about, put on "Rosas" from the beginning and then skip ahead to "París." The warmth in the writing stays consistent across both eras.
They've been making songs that stick with you since 1998's "Dile al Sol," which introduced the single "Rosas" to Spanish and Latin American radio. That early success set up a catalog where tracks like "París" and "Cuéntame Al Oído" feel like conversations set to music. Even after Amaia Montero's departure in 2007, they kept writing hits with Leire Martínez, proving the songs were bigger than any one voice.
They started in San Sebastián in 1996, naming themselves after Van Gogh's self-portrait. The debut "Dile al Sol" arrived two years later with "Rosas" as its calling card. After Montero left, Martínez stepped in for albums like "A las Cinco en el Astoria," and they weathered a label dispute before returning with records in 2016 and 2020.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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