Corea only released two records, both of which were full-lengths. The
first, “Los peores 7 km de mi vida” (in English: “The worst
7km of my life”), mixes screamo with post-rock, but perhaps not in the way that you would expect if
you had listened to, say, Envy (who more-or-less originated the style).
“Los peores 7 km de mi vida” sounds perpetually cold and
unforgiving, with extremely harsh distorted guitars and screaming popping up
seemingly randomly throughout the record. Other parts make use of some post-rock elements as well as heavy elements of noise/harsh noise and sound
collage. Some of the use of sampling is comparable to the music of
Jeromes Dream (particularly “Seeing Means More Than
Safety”), and the mixture of post-hardcore with post-rock will remind some of The Newfound Interest In
Connecticut (although
“Tell Me About The Long Dark Path Home” would not be released until
a year later). “Los peores 7 km de mi vida”, however, incorporates
a variety of textures that surpasses the output of both of these bands, and the
song structures are perhaps more complex. The production, however, is
unfortunately quite poor (although, arguably, this enhances the harshness and
abrasion of the record). Corea’s second and final album,
“Quien encuentra a la madre conoce a los hijos” (in English:
“[One] who finds the mother knows the children), comes off as more
straightforward, being more easily compared to the aforementioned Envy.
The production, however, is considerably improved over the first record, and
this album is still solid as well. Interestingly enough, this album ends with
an EDM track.
notes on the distributions
The original issue of “Los peores 7 km de mi vida” actually spells
the title as “Los peores 7 peores Km de mi vida” (see side of
original CD cover). This is presumably a typo.
