We are crying now in the collective, and rightly so. The tears come not from weakness, but from the weight of living in a time so charged with grief it seeps into the bones. We cry not only for ourselves, but for the strangers we’ve never met, for the dignity denied, for the quiet despair in every corner of this modern age. We weep for the bruised beauty of the world and for its squandered promise. These are not indulgent tears, but honest ones: a baptism, perhaps, or a final resistance to becoming too hard to feel. Let them fall.
Cruel Reflections, forged in the sprawl of the San Fernando Valley in 2017, reemerge from a brief hibernation with a recalibrated lineup, renewed sting, and a melancholy new song: LLORANDO. Original trio Julio Garcia Solares (voice/synth), David Solis (electronic percussion), and Edgar Martinez (guitar) now lock in with bassist Anthony Edwards Martinez, pushing their noir-tinged palette into sharper focus.
LLORANDO, the Spanish word for crying, is a serrated serenade that slinks between post-punk melancholia and the spectral sway of rock en español. Built from clattering drums, jangled six-strings, and submerged bass, the track invokes the drama of Héroes del Silencio and the romantic fatalism of The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead.
Released via Cold Transmission Music, LLORANDO arrives with a Delmar-directed video stitched together from analogue-static live footage, a fitting prelude to the band’s upcoming third album and further forays into electronic terrain.
Watch Then video for “Llorando” below:
Listen to LLORANDO below and order the song here.
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