Yorchh Sólo Me Falta Un Plan cassette
I should probably be paying more attention to this Valencia-based label and the surrounding scene they’re documenting. I’ve enjoyed the handful of Flexidiscos releases that I’ve come across, but that handful only represents something like 5% of their entire back catalog. Then in looking into this project, I find that the dude behind it, Néstor Sevillano Barja, is in a ton of other bands I’ve never heard of: BRIGADA, COREA, LA CULPA, FUTURO TERROR, MORENAS. So, yeah, it seems like I’ve only scratched the surface of quite the fertile scene! Anyway, YORCHH is Néstor’s solo project, and Sólo Me Falta Un Plan, the act’s fifth or sixth cassette, is composed of nine one-minute-ish sketches (plus two demos) that touch on minimal post-punk, gothy synth-pop, and clangy industrial punk. The arrangements are lo-fi and austere, generally made up of nothing more than a cheap synth melody, minimal bass guitar (or sometimes the bass will provide the melody against a synthwash backdrop), a skeletal electronic beat (maybe just a keyboard preset, even), and Néstor’s earnest voice, which he often strains to keep in tune, reminding me a bit of Ian MacKaye at his gentlest. It’s all quite charming, and he’s able to wrench a lot out of very little, which is exactly what you’d want out of a project like this. I really loved it. Further evidence that cool shit is happening in the southeast of Spain!