Mishima (band)
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Mishima is a Catalan Indie pop
band created in 1999 in Barcelona
. It is composed by David Carabén, Marc Lloret, Dani Vega, Xavi Caparrós snd Alfons Serra. The group takes the name of Japanese
writer
Yukio Mishima
.
Although his two first albums, recorded in English
, were well received by critics, his major success came with the release of his third album Trucar a casa. Recollir les fotos. Pagar la multa (Call home. Pick up photos. Pay the fine) (2005) in catalan language
.
Also in catalan language
, his next album Set tota la vida (Thirsty the whole life) (2007), is composed by nine stories written and singed by David Carabén. It was said by the music magazine Rockdelux
to be one of the best Spanish albums from the decade.
In 2 June 2010, his fifth album, Ordre i aventura (Order and adventure) was presented in Barcelona
.
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band created in 1999 in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. It is composed by David Carabén, Marc Lloret, Dani Vega, Xavi Caparrós snd Alfons Serra. The group takes the name of Japanese
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
was the pen name of , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état...
.
Although his two first albums, recorded in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, were well received by critics, his major success came with the release of his third album Trucar a casa. Recollir les fotos. Pagar la multa (Call home. Pick up photos. Pay the fine) (2005) in catalan language
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
.
Also in catalan language
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
, his next album Set tota la vida (Thirsty the whole life) (2007), is composed by nine stories written and singed by David Carabén. It was said by the music magazine Rockdelux
Rockdelux
Rockdelux is a popular music magazine published monthly in Spain.Rockdelux was first published in November 1984, and since then has accumulated over 200 editions, celebrating its 200th in October 2002, when it released a list of the 200 greatest international albums of all time, according to the...
to be one of the best Spanish albums from the decade.
In 2 June 2010, his fifth album, Ordre i aventura (Order and adventure) was presented in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Discography
- Lipstick traces (2000) The Rest is Silence Records/Discmedi
- The fall of public man (2003) The Rest is Silence Records/Discmedi
- Trucar a casa. Recollir les fotos. Pagar la multa (2005) Discmedi
- Set tota la vida (2007) Sinnamon Records (Reedited in 2010 with Sones Records)
- Ordre i aventura (2010) Sones Records