DESTROZARES, CANCIONES PARA EL FINAL DE LOS TIEMPOS

"Destrozares, canciones para el final de los tiempos" was recorded between March and May 2016 at MuxikOn studios by Iñigo Etxebarrieta, and at Small Room and 360 Global Media studios. The album was produced by José Luis Crespo along with keyboardist Álvaro Rodríguez and incredible bassist/multi-instrumentalist David Lerman, and was finally released on October 28, 2016, once again through El Dromedario Records.

In this second "solo" album, Robe delves even deeper into the glamorous, baroque, and intimate style introduced in "Lo Que Aletea en Nuestras Cabezas," further distancing himself from the sound he created for Extremoduro. He ventures into more symphonic and intricate territories, all tinged with an aura of pessimism and human pain that makes this album very special. At first listen, "Destrozares" feels quite similar to the previous album, but subsequent listens reveal that both thematically and musically it is diverse enough to have its own personality.

The production and execution of all the instruments is impressive, as is the compositional quality of almost all the songs. And I say almost because this is what prevents me from giving this album the highest rating. In my opinion, there are a couple of tracks like Cartas desde Gaia and Puta Humanidad that are a bit below the rest, but that doesn't prevent the album from being very enjoyable from start to finish and will surely delight the lovers of symphonic, baroque, and beautiful rock, which characterized the first two solo albums of this Spanish genius named Roberto Iniesta.

Because with the later "Mayéutica" everything was about to change! Or not?

Best Tracks: Hoy al Mundo Renuncio (perfect opening, with a crescendo leading to a memorable final stretch), Querré lo Prohibido (the most progressive one, with another outstanding bass line), Del Tiempo Perdido (perhaps the best track on the album, complex, dense, to be savored slowly), Donde Rompen las Olas (romantic and evocative song, thematically linked with other Robe songs like El Hombre Pájaro), La Canción Más Triste (wonderful work of keyboards and violins), and Destrozares (a song that was partially presented during the Extremoduro era, and here it is expanded and improved to offer a delicate, wonderful, and unforgettable track)

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