Aroah's much anticipated third studio long player, El día después, brings ten songs sung in Spanish where sincerity lays next to hope: smart, moving, stylistic and melancholic folk pop music that's often orchestral yet intimate. Irene Tremblay goes from somber blame into the brightness of a morning walk, like faint sunlight slipping through leaves. 29 minutes worth of poetry, rich instrumentation and sharp observations of everyday life.

Lots of things have happened since Irene R. Tremblay made her debut with "Cuando termines con todo, habrá terminado contigo", six songs that spread her name on everyone's lips. Firstly, two albums were released by Acuarela ("No podemos ser amigos" and "The Last Laugh"), and so did an EP with Nacho Vegas ("Seis canciones desde el norte", which is almost impossible to find nowadays). She has appeared in festivals such as FIB and Tanned Tin or Les femmes s'en melent in France, and performed in
different countries like Belgium, Russia, Holland, Italy, Mexico, Canada or the US. Tara Jane O'Neil, Greg Weeks, Manta Ray, Tristeza, Labradford, Retsin, Dawn Landes and, recently, Yo La Tengo are some artists Irene has shared stage with. She even saw her name starring a greatest hits compilation -properly entitled "The Best of Aroah"- which came out in the Japanese label Moorworks. But the strange thing about all this is that her story seems to have just begun.

El día después is a record of an intense, harsh reflection. Produced by Raül Fernandez (Refree), who also helped Irene crafting the acoustic and inspired atmosphere of "En el patio interior", an EP released about two years ago. In this new album, Irene's voice sounds like anew and clean. She now sings every line in Spanish (except for some words in English and French), surmounting all the shyness she has suffered from since she started writing lyrics. Not far from Ida, Mary Timony or Lisa
Germano (she has even been called "a Catpower you can r.......
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