The long-awaited return by the Buenos Aires duo arrives as an attempt to push Balvanera ’s artistry to its limits, focusing on language and sound as expressive forms. With all tracks sung in Spanish, the album is simultaneously both a declaration of identity and an exercise in the Spanish language, with the group playing with a language that can sometimes be perceived as baroque and turn it into something starker and more singular while still retaining its richness. Musically direct, the album occasionally returns to a minimalism reminiscent of the band's early releases while preserving the intensity and club-oriented feel of their more recent work. At times intensifying in speed, the record shapeshifts between the energy of their live performances and an unsettling dreamlike atmosphere. Rather than adhering to genre conventions, Balvanera fully commits to their own singular vision, allowing each track to find its own form as the album moves between different emotional states. The...