{"id":39345,"date":"2018-03-28T16:15:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T16:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-spanish-love-songs-schmaltz\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T07:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:36:51","slug":"review-spanish-love-songs-schmaltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-spanish-love-songs-schmaltz\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:\u00a0Spanish Love Songs &#8211;\u00a0Schmaltz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-92145\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spanish-Love-Songs-Schmaltz-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Spanish Love Songs -\u00a0Schmaltz\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spanish-Love-Songs-Schmaltz-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spanish-Love-Songs-Schmaltz-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spanish-Love-Songs-Schmaltz-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spanish-Love-Songs-Schmaltz-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spanish-Love-Songs-Schmaltz.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Turning 30 can be a pivotal moment in anyone\u2019s life. You\u2019re supposed to be grown up with responsibilities yet you carry a burden of uncertainty on your shoulders. On <em>\u2018Schmaltz\u2019<\/em>, Dylan Slocum of <strong>Spanish Love Songs<\/strong> provides his own, inward take on that moment.<\/p>\n<p>Having spent his twenties in struggling basement bands dealing with mental health issues and a disintegrating marriage, Slocum lays it all in the open. A mournful organ opens the album on <em>&#8216;Nuevo\u2019<\/em>, as Slocum comments on his insecurity and lack of personal change while reminiscing about church hardcore shows. It gives way to the explosive <em>&#8216;Sequels, Remakes, and Adaptations\u2019<\/em>, a track which provides the first of many defiant fist-in-the-air moments. Together, it\u2019s a one-two punch of anthemic punk that sets the tone for the remainder of <em>&#8216;Schmaltz\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spanish Love Songs - Joana, In Five Acts (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yh8cw0doqfE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>From accepting his own unhappiness on <em>&#8216;Bellyache\u2019<\/em> to being unable to change circumstances (<em>&#8216;Buffalo Buffalo\u2019<\/em>) to being stagnant (<em>&#8216;The Boy Considers His Haircut\u2019<\/em>), Slocum wraps his words with an infectious, thriving punk skin. Traits such as catchy choruses, group vocals, Meredith Van Woert\u2019s springy keys and Ruben Duarte\u2019s textured drums merely adds to the boisterous output that <b>Spanish Love Songs<\/b> provide. While Slocum\u2019s quavering delivery on <em>&#8216;Bellyache\u2019<\/em>, <em>&#8216;The Boy Considers His Haircut\u2019<\/em> and <em>&#8216;Beer &amp; Nyquil (Hold It Together)\u2019<\/em> gives an element of raw authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of <em>&#8216;Schmaltz\u2019<\/em>, Slocum finds comfort in his self-deprecating manner. The closing three-song arc of <em>&#8216;Beer &amp; Nyquil (Hold It Together)<\/em>\u2019, <em>&#8216;It\u2019s Not Interesting\u2019<\/em> and <em>&#8216;Aloha to No One\u2019<\/em> epitomises this. On the former, he sings <em>\u201cI want to be the one who knows how to hold it together\u201d<\/em>. While on <em>&#8216;It\u2019s Not Interesting\u2019<\/em>, he references learning to love himself yet it\u2019s the acoustic finale that sums up the entire record; <em>\u201cyou might be fine but you\u2019ll never be your best.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If all is right with the world, <em>\u2018Schmaltz\u2019<\/em> should be seen as the punk record of 2018. It\u2019s an unbelievably heartfelt and addictive album, one that grows with every listen.<\/p>\n<p>5\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Schmaltz\u2019<\/i> by <b>Spanish Love Songs<\/b> is released on 30th March on <b>Uncle M Music<\/b> (EU) \/ <b>A-F Records<\/b> (US).<\/p>\n<p><b>Spanish Love Songs<\/b> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spanishlovesongs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpanishLoveSongs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpanishLuvSongs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/spanishlovesongs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/spanishlovesongs.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by S\u00eaan Reid (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanReid86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning 30 can be a pivotal moment in anyone\u2019s life. 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