Simplifires have no trace of Simplicity. Four are the members, two of them cousins, two of them having played together in bands ever since they still collected Ghostbusters memorabilia. One of them an Irish crooner who enjoys drinking mezcal a little bit too much. Mexico City was the birthplace. Or was it? Maybe it all started in London, where three of them studied together some kind of musical engineering thing that turned them into anal motherfuckers in the Studio. They led the bum life and could only afford a plate or two of couscous on the weekend. Shine, Rodrigo and daveO met there. The two Mexicans went back to Mexico City and formed another band with a name I can only try to remember. They messed around with influences, fusing electronics and guitar rock, adding female vocalists who eventually fell of a flight of stairs (or was it over the drum kit?). They called daveO, emailed him a couple of instrumental tracks, then he emailed them a raw version of some vocals…they liked it, he joined. Rodrigo’s cousin Alex joined on the drums. They named themselves SIMPLIFIRES. Meaning? Ask them. So what happens when three Mexicans and a n Irishman form a band? You get Guinness in the freezer and a few books to read while on the toilet on how U2 became U2 and then stopped being U2. That band might be of common interest for all the members of SIMPLIFIRES, but worry not, we’re talking U2 circa Achtung Baby, the good U2, you know. Maybe the best way to define what unites them is better expressed when you see them out drinking. Mexico and Ireland, World capitals of beer drinking, scotch drinking, rum drinking. National Sports in which they all are exemplary athletes. That’s why you gotta see this band live. They might be obsessive compulsive maniacs and borderline assholes in the Studio, reason why their first EP, Simple, and then their debut album, Why People Make Countries, are every bit as polished as any non-underground band’s. I don’t know if they sacrificed rawness for glitter there, but the album is a really good listen and some of their immense power-pop ditties make for great dancing. Still, you just gotta see them live. That’s where the spirit of the “spirits” takes over and they explode in Amazing gigs that cater to the poppers, the dancers, the rockers and the motherfuckers. Having a cute, charismatic lead singer who prances up and down the stage and would stage dive if Only allowed to by Mexican law, can only add to their momentum. Simplifires is a misunderstood band. Their mesh of influences would sound absurd on paper so I won’t ruin it by trying to name them all. They’re neither big conceptualists nor are they embarking on some sort of quest to redefine rock n’roll. They just rock. And they do rock, I mean. Simplifires don’t really fit anywhere in the music spectrum of today’s suit and tie bands and post-punk wannabes. They’re not wearing denim jackets like the New Pornographers and they’re not doing DJ sets despite having been asked by electro bands like Ratatat to open for them. They’re misunderstood. Go see them live, listen to the album, get a grasp on what happens when people from two opposite sides of the World get together and make something work just because they can. Don’t ask them how they do it. Marcelo Tobar FREE DOWNLOADS (right click / save link as...) unSUPERVISED - First single extracted from the album “Why People Make Countries” (LP version) (2:53, mp3, 192 kbps, stereo). Yourself Only - Second single extracted from the album “Why People Make Countries” (LP version) (2:05, mp3, 192 kbps, stereo). unSUPERVISED - CAF Re-Rub (Remix) (5:23, mp3, 192 kbps, stereo). unSUPERVISED - Version of the Facts (Remix by Luge) (2:58, mp3, 192 kbps, stereo). Yourself Only - Acoustic live (Jamaica Studios, Mexico City) (2:30, mp3, 192 kbps, stereo). Yourself Only - Yourself Bongly Remix (by Vetiver Bong) (2:30, mp3, 192 kbps, stereo). unSUPERVISED single: Yourself Only single:
Why People Make Countries The Whole History Over unSUPERVISED A Simple Fire The Day Yourself Only Bombs newOLDsong Her Brightest Face Last Night's Party noRETRASES Don't Come To The Cityitms://itunes.com/link?n=Why%20People%20Make%20Countries&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575865&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=The%20Whole%20History%20Over&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575867&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=unSUPERVISED&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575868&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=A%20Simple%20Fire&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575870&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=The%20Day&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575872&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=Yourself%20Only&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575873&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=Bombs&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575876&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=newOLDsong&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575878&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=Her%20Brightest%20Face&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575880&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=Last%20Night's%20Party&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575881&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=noRETRASES&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575883&id=279575840&s=143441itms://itunes.com/link?n=Don't%20Come%20To%20The%20City&an=Simplifires&pn=Why%20People%20Make%20Countrieshttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=279575886&id=279575840&s=143441shapeimage_17_link_0shapeimage_17_link_1shapeimage_17_link_2shapeimage_17_link_3shapeimage_17_link_4shapeimage_17_link_5shapeimage_17_link_6shapeimage_17_link_7shapeimage_17_link_8shapeimage_17_link_9shapeimage_17_link_10shapeimage_17_link_11shapeimage_17_link_12shapeimage_17_link_13shapeimage_17_link_14shapeimage_17_link_15shapeimage_17_link_16shapeimage_17_link_17shapeimage_17_link_18shapeimage_17_link_19shapeimage_17_link_20shapeimage_17_link_21shapeimage_17_link_22shapeimage_17_link_23
WHY PEOPLE MAKE COUNTRIES Released in april 2008 in Mexico by the independent label Intolerancia Records. Tracklist: (click song title for buy/preview in iTunes) (click here to buy/preview in Amazon MP3) (click here to buy/preview in CD Baby) Why People Make Countries is a statement, not a question. It’s putting up-front the idea where all humans share the need for relationship as the most demanding. Relations turn into empathy, which turns into the need to be together and form groups of people with the same interests. The cover of the album is a drop of water over a table in front of an open window. This is a work of art by New York based photographer Mauricio Alejo, to illustrate his interpretation of the idea “Why People Make Countries”. It’s a political statement, as well as religious, social and every other kind in which human relations shape the enviroment. SIMPLE EP Released in november 2006 in Mexico. Tracklist: (right click / save link as - in the song title to download) (mp3, 192 kbps, stereo). The SIMPLE EP was the first recording by SIMPLIFIRES. Recorded and produced entirely by the band and Intended at first as a demo for knocking on industry doors, it became much more than that. It allowed the band to be heard on the radio for the first time and raise such expectation as to be considered a promise band by Rolling Stone Magazine back in 2007. The band sold-out the self-made 1,000 copies in gigs and presentations.
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Yourself Only - Special content. Click here to download special content of the electronic single release that includes the remixes and more!
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Why People Make Countries - Amnesty International version (new mix), to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (3:48, mp3, 192 kbps, stereo).