Hacia Dos Veranos
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Hacia Dos Veranos is an Argentinian post-rock
band born in 2005 as a project of two friends who moved to Buenos Aires
to study.
The band released in August 2005 an EP
called Fragmentos De Una Tarde Somnolienta
("Fragments From a Sleepy Afternoon") which was released in Argentina by MuyModerna Records and in England, Europe and Singapore in February 2006 by I Wish I Was Unpopular Records.
In May 2007 they released their first full length album called De Los Valles y Volcanes
("Of Valleys and Volcanoes") under Scatter Records. In July 2010 their self titled second album was made available to the public at the band's Bandcamp
page.
The name of the band is based on the book Tropic Of Cancer
by Henry Miller
and like they stated: "Summer is the season that better memories give us, going into two summers it's like going in search for happiness".
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
band born in 2005 as a project of two friends who moved to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
to study.
The band released in August 2005 an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
called Fragmentos De Una Tarde Somnolienta
Fragmentos De Una Tarde Somnolienta
Fragmentos De Una Tarde Somnolienta is the first EP edited by the Argentine post-rock band Hacia Dos Veranos, released in 2005 in Argentina by MuyModerna Records and in England and Singapore in February 2006 by I Wish I Was Unpopular Records....
("Fragments From a Sleepy Afternoon") which was released in Argentina by MuyModerna Records and in England, Europe and Singapore in February 2006 by I Wish I Was Unpopular Records.
In May 2007 they released their first full length album called De Los Valles y Volcanes
De Los Valles y Volcanes
De Los Valles y Volcanes is the first full length album of the Argentine post-rock band Hacia Dos Veranos released in May 2007 by Scatter Records.- Tracklist :# 24:00 # Preludio # Sueño...
("Of Valleys and Volcanoes") under Scatter Records. In July 2010 their self titled second album was made available to the public at the band's Bandcamp
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is an online music store, as well as a platform for artist promotion, that caters mainly for independent artists. Artists on Bandcamp have a customizable microsite with the albums they upload. All tracks can be played for free on the website and some artists offer free music downloads...
page.
The name of the band is based on the book Tropic Of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer (novel)
Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller which has been described as "notorious for its candid sexuality" and as responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." It was first published in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris, France, but this edition was banned in the...
by Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...
and like they stated: "Summer is the season that better memories give us, going into two summers it's like going in search for happiness".
Studio albums
- De Los Valles y VolcanesDe Los Valles y VolcanesDe Los Valles y Volcanes is the first full length album of the Argentine post-rock band Hacia Dos Veranos released in May 2007 by Scatter Records.- Tracklist :# 24:00 # Preludio # Sueño...
(2007) - Hacia Dos Veranos (2010)
Compilations
- Let it bee (My Honey Records, Italy, 2007): Features the song La última tarde del apicultor.
- 25 Canciones para escuchar mientras te haces una tostada (Argentina, 2007): Features the song Despertar.
- Granada Vol 2 (Molecula Records, Mexico, 2006): Features the song Despertar.
- Canciones pegajosas (ZonaIndie, Argentina, 2005): Features the song Despertar.
- There goes winter (Kidart, Argentina, 2005): Features the song Preludio.
Hacia Dos Veranos
- Ignacio Aguiló: guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Diego Martínez: bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Julia Bayse: fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Andrés Edelstein: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....