BALA have released the third single from their upcoming full-length ‘Maleza’
“The letter ‘X’ is a universal and recognizable symbol.” The band comments. “It’s full of layers and meanings. It’s also the ‘taboo’ or ‘the prohibited’. It represents the carnal union, the conjunction of souls and bodies. It talks about the passion that dominates us when we become intimate with the person we like and how much we would like that moment to never end. It talks about love but also about detachment. It talks about possessing and it talks about releasing. About illusions and realities, about comings and goings, about beginnings and endings. It talks about resistance and vulnerability and ultimately, about the transience of the best moments in life and our obsession with them.”
“Inside the cube, also represented by the set where we are playing, we keep our privacy but also our prejudices, our insecurities and our limits.”
The band add “Each couple shares the cube in a different way, because each person lives it its own way and ‘X’ represents, after all, DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE and RESPECT.”
Check out the song and video for ‘X’ here:
BALA’s influences range from the different faces of grunge to the big names of punk or stoner rock. This unique blend of musical landscapes and pan-generational inspirations helped to shape the bands outstanding heavy sound and pays tribute to legends like Nirvana, Melvins, Fu Manchu and L7.
Check out previously released ‘Hoy No’ here:
And here’s ‘Agitar’:
The two-piece outfit will release their label debut ‘Maleza’ later this year, on May 14, 2021. The album can be pre-ordered here.