La Casa Azul - Tan Simple Como el Amor (red vinyl LP reissue)

Elefant
(ELE1107: 8428846211077/ER1107LP: 8428846111070)

$14.99

LP reissue release date: 6/28/2024

Limited edition opaque red vinyl LP in gatefold with download.

CD available now.

Some albums are a big deal every time they are reissued. Every time we bring back a LA CASA AZUL release, looking back at how Guille Milkyway’s career has developed, and what an incredible and multifaceted artist he has become, it is even more exciting to enjoy his first steps. That’s why we are rereleasing his first two albums again, with the attention to detail and affection that define Elefant Records editions.

First, we are bringing back that Double-LP that we released for the label’s 25th anniversary, that included not only that marvelous first Mini-LP, “El Sonido Efervescente De La Casa Azul”, but also an incredible collection of demos, previously unreleased tracks, and the live songs from the “Viaje A Los Sueños Polares” radio program’s party in May of 2000. The double vinyl is sky blue colour for the occasion. That incredible album that includes hits that are already timeless classics like “Cerca De Shibuya”, “Galletas” and “Chicle Cosmos”.

But we’re not stopping there. We are also rereleasing “Tan Simple Como El Amor”, with a gatefold cover (fold-out like the original), and in red vinyl, because red is the color of love. The album that came before the explosion, with gems like “Superguay”, “C’est Fini”, “En Noches Como La De Hoy” and “Como Un Fan”, and where Guille made it perfectly clear what a great composer and lover of music he is, slipping between styles, from Ye-Yé to Soft Pop, from folk to hustle, from the sound of A&M to the sound of the tambourine.

In 2024, the official release of the first LA CASA AZUL song turns 25. It is something that needs to be celebrated in style, and what better way than the reissue of these first songs to listen to them the best way possible, on gorgeous color vinyl.

ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL TEXT

The world was ready. We fell in love, flew, danced, we were happy with LA CASA AZUL. It’s been more than three years. “El Sonido Efervescente De La Casa Azul” filled our lives and changed them forever. But the fact is that they came like a hurricane. They arrived, struck our lives and left. We never knew if Virginia, Sergio, David, Clara and Óscar would come back one day or if that revolutionary EP would go down lonely (even forgotten) in history. In fact, we even doubted that they had really existed anytime.

So, stop the world again! LA CASA AZUL returns to certify that they were not just an illusion. In your hand there’s an album that will touch you deeply again. You are going to hear the most beautiful songs you can imagine. This album will lift you up to Venus. Their own lives may have changed, but they still sing and play like an angel: from Ye-Ye to psych-pop, from folk to hustle, from A&M sound to tambourine sound, but always remaining faithful to the sparkling sound of LA CASA AZUL. If you enjoyed them three years ago, today they’ll dazzle you for life, because, after all, this album is really as simple as love. That’s how they are. No tricks.

Text written by Daniel G. Campanella (Musical journalist and critic. He directs and hosts Pop Parade Radio Show)

1. En Noches Como La De Hoy
2. Quiero Parar
3. Vamos A Volar
4. El Sol No Brillará Nunca Más
5. Cambia Tu Vida
6. El Secreto De Jeff Lynne
7. Prefiero Bailar
8. C’est Fini
9. Siempre Brilla El Sol
10. Superguay
11. Por Si Alguna Vez Te Vas
12. Aunque Parezca Lo Mejor
13. Como Un Fan
14. Preferimos Soñar (Hidden Track)