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Meant to Collide

by WUD

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1.
doves are cooing outside the window sunny shutters, breeze crawling in time to face it will i find myself? will i thrive? doves are leaving close the window cup of coffee light a cigarette a widow mourning a cold and dirty stove can’t smell those pancakes anymore have you ever coloured that hush? sometimes i tried it for myself it’s only a vague mirage don't strike back if you are crawling your shame don’t get back if you remain the same what’s my main aim? am i the last course? I must get rid of this remorse where to aim? if I’m this flawed what’s the point of this goddamn song
2.
kath means home or so we said leant on those green eyes where i promised to remain at least is where my soul rests at best is where my heart beats addressed to you my soul mate hard to swallow and believe... kath meant home or we say move out found a new place and here i’m gonna stay (and wait) at least is where my soul rests at best is where my heart beats addressed to you my soul mate hard to swallow and believe that all those years are buried in tears
3.
now I can say that I’m healing passed that minefield bruises and scars in the ceiling where moans have sealed everyone forgets how high Icarus flew i believe he wasn’t failing but just coming to the end of his conquest sirens wailing in the streets (can’t hear them) tremebling floor below my feet (can’t feel shit) now i have enough on my plate i know it’s my blame cause i’ve been discorteous will you hold me once again would you do it for them? diggin into the sadness everything is so beautiful hello? is there anybody out there? i don’t need you anymore (anymore) over the mist i’ve found out my nightmares can you please not push me away don’t push me away now I can say that I’m healing i’ve found the cure no more grievous feelings no more remorse it won’t work there’s no point in trying this history ends tragically let’s bury the axe and move on you burned my heart you ruined my plans we made mistakes i found myself we went too far i warned you by the way meant to collide i overcame it there’s no turning back
4.
Ego Death 03:51
woke up and found in the ground as i plead A guy staring at me as i creep A childlike look in his face “This is you, Your fall from grace” Wasted time thinking who I was no one else around me that i care for ego death, a soothing voice winter passing by as ice melts, as ice melts “Look what I’ve become It’s sad, i want to re-start and bloom” Watched as I succumb I’m happy, I’m warm in this womb Today i wanna celebrate my death, not gonna mourn, not gonna rest! Wasted time thinking who I was no one else around me that i care for ego death, a soothing voice winter passing by as ice melts, as ice melts “Look what I’ve become It’s sad, i want to re-start and bloom” And in my deathbed, it’s cozy, it’s nice, It’s said
5.
they took me to the ditch and i cried for help no one heared me scream the watchdog comittee keep muzzling thoughts don’t fit their mould who’s the voice behind that rifle pointing at me who’s the voice can’t you see what you’ve become suspension of disbelief been blind for so long the watchdog comittee keep muzzling thoughts don’t fit their mould who’s the voice behind that rifle pointing at me who’s the voice
6.
Cul-de-Sac 03:58
we should be in higher ground back up, i’m feeling mellow we’d still be growing up but it just wasn’t worth it sun up, sun down days come from dawn, till dusk days go sometimes i realize this life is a dead-end street sun up, sun down days come from dawn, till dusk days go somehow it hurts break me smother me take me, please please me the more i gotta feel the less i wanna know it’s something new now you’re afraid of letting this heart go hope you got that sign today, once and for all now all that remains for me is singing loud and bold
7.
Lost Stars 01:04
even lost stars should know their way back but even if they can’t we must protect their lifes can’t find the way back home can’t find it anymore my mouth keeps spitting foam can’t find the way back home can’t find it anymore the sinners will pay-off
8.
feels like i am in Barnum’s circus people staring at it just keeping it a secret but i’ll be back when we’re gone how could i tell if it’s fantasy? how could i tell if it’s the enemy? but i’ll be back when we’re gone hear our moan in this cul-de-sac trapped, don’t fear these ghosts i don’t want to repeat the past but i have to come back and i’ll be back i know i’ll be back, and i’ll be back and i’ll be back when we are gone i’ve been drinking too much this tim and for once my self esteem is right i’m telling you, i’m gone been thinking too much this time and for once i thought i’ve never found someone like you, i’m done

about

𝗩𝗠.𝟬𝟰đŸČ
Abril 2023

[ENG]
A few weeks ago, the first planetary defense test was successfully carried out: the DART probe diverted the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos. With this NASA operation we know, once again, that when we humans play god we are unstoppable, that we are not going to become extinct like the dinosaurs as long as progress makes us move. However, while this space shock was brewing 11 million kilometers away, here, more specifically in TorellĂł (Barcelona), a disc was being created that is like the Trojan horse of asteroids. Sin has made a crater or is going to do so; we are talking about Meant to collide of wud.

The second album of the band arrives three years after the debut Okeanos (2019), three are also the nuclear components that currently form it (and not the five before) and, again, three are the letters with which the name of the band remains (wud), previously they were called Wood. It seems that many things have changed in three years and that's right, the group has grown while it has been reduced and this new album testifies to that. The eight songs concisely concentrate the soul of the project. Although what they continue to love is the structured edginess of math-rock, they want the work to have punk-rock and pop constantly on the horizon, which makes the computation more digestible for all kinds of ears that like sharp-guitars music.

Behind the songs we find Marc FernĂĄndez, Aleix 'Jimmy' Vilarrasa and Rai Costa, three friends of TorellĂł who for the last, almost, two years have been carrying out the recording. A long and arduous process that has gone through different studios, such as Fontderola by Jordi CasadesĂșs and Jordi Torrents, or Lluerna by Èric Fuentes, but above all it has been hatched in their rehearsal room where they themselves have persevered in the attack to record a good part of the instrumental. The trio's bizarre ideas have been grounded with millimeter precision, faithfully capturing the centennial hyperactivism that accompanies them wherever they go. On the one hand, the songs trot lively and directed with a hardcore soul and rounded pop, on the other, if we look a little, we notice how the details of each cut are infinite, that the structures could be applied to the Sagrada Familia, that, in definitely, there is a lot of hard work.

That the process has been laborious is also noticeable in the guitarist's lyrics, words spat out with the impatience of someone who doesn't want to waste another minute in the loop of self-destructive thought. Meant to collide is a fight between the two opposite and complementary parts of oneself, and I say two to simplify. Between the adrenaline side that wants to end everything through romantic escape and the other, the one that wants to reconstruct the fragments of memory to heal from serenity. From this very personal dispute comes a more than possible collision which, deep down, is what makes the group's creative drive advance and, above all, what makes the feeling that the songs are alive because they are lived intensely.

Are we talking about emotions? Yes, thank God, because there such of this on the album, all the time, even in the instrumental interludes. The dreamy piano of “Barnum’s Circus”, the spectral autotune of “Lost Stars” or the Queens-of- Stoneagian guitar solo of “Cul-de-Sac” are at the service of the emotional magma of the musicians. The influence of highly emotional groups such as Delta Sleep (the English band performed one of the most memorable concerts for the wud crew at Torelló’s Arundo Fest in 2018), Algernon Cadwallader or Faraquet is noticeable.

Over the years we are discovering where exacerbated technological progress is leading us: that's right, to collapse. Meanwhile, but, this band warns us that they have already arrived there and that humanity can be taken in abundance from there, in fact, there is nothing more human than collapsing.

[CAS]
Hace unas semanas se materializĂł con Ă©xito el primer ensayo de defensa planetaria: la sonda DART desviĂł la Ăłrbita del asteroide Dimorphos. Con esta operaciĂłn de la NASA sabemos, otra vez, que cuando los humanos jugamos a ser dios somos imparables, que no nos vamos a extinguir como los dinosaurios mientras el progreso nos haga mover. Ahora bien, mientras este choque espacial se iba cociendo a 11 millones de kilĂłmetros, aquĂ­, mĂĄs concretamente en TorellĂł, se gestaba un disco que viene a ser como el caballo de Troya de los asteroides. El pecado ha hecho crĂĄter o lo va a hacer, hablamos de Meant to collide de wud.

El segundo ĂĄlbum del grupo llega tres años despuĂ©s del debut Okeanos (2019), tres tambiĂ©n son los componentes nucleares que lo forman actualmente (y no los cinco de antes) i, otra vez, tres son las letras con las cuales de queda el nombre de la banda (wud), que antes hacĂ­a referencia a la madera (Wood). Parece queen tres años hayan cambiado muchas cosas y asĂ­ es, el grupo ha crecido al mismo tiempo que se ha reducido y este nuevo disco asĂ­ lo testifica. Las ocho canciones concentran de manera mĂĄs concisa el alma del proyecto. Aunque lo que les continĂșa chiflando es el atrevimiento estructurado del math-rock, quieren que el trabajo tenga el punk-rock y el pop constantemente en el horizonte, cosa que hace que el cĂłmputo sea mĂĄs digerible para toda clase de orejas a les que les guste la mĂșsica de guitarras afiladas.

DetrĂĄs de las canciones encontramos a Marc FernĂĄndez, Aleix ‘Jimmy’ Vilarrasa y Rai Costa, tres amigos de TorellĂł que durante los Ășltimos, casi, dos años han estado sacando adelante la grabaciĂłn. Un proceso largo y arduo que ha pasado por diferentes estudios, como el de Fontderola de Jordi CasadesĂșs y Jordi Torrents, o el Lluerna de Èric Fuentes, pero que sobre todo se ha tramado en su local de ensayo donde ellos mismos han perseverado en la acometida de grabarse buena parte del instrumental. Las rocambolescas ideas del trĂ­o se han aterrizado con precisiĂłn milimĂ©trica, plasmando fielmente el hiperactivismo centennial que les acompaña a dondequiera que vayan. Por un lado, los temas trotan vivos y dirigidos con alma hardcore y redondeo pop, por el otro, si nos fijamos un poco, notamos como los detalles de cada corte son infinitos, que las estructuras podrĂ­an aplicarse a la Sagrada Familia, que, en definitiva, hay mucha piedra picada.

Que el proceso haya sido laborioso también se nota en las letras del guitarrista, palabras escupidas con la impaciencia de quién no quiere perder ni un minuto mås en el bucle del pensamiento autodestructivo. Meant to collide es una lucha entre las dos partes opuestas y complementarias de uno mismo, y digo dos para simplificar. Entre la vertiente adrenalínica que tiene ganas de acabar con todo a través de la evasión romåntica y la otra, la que quiere reconstruir los fragmentos de la memoria para curarse desde la serenidad. De esta disputa personalísima sale una mås que posible colisión que, en el fondo, es lo que hace avanzar la pulsión creativa del grupo i, sobre todo, la que hace aforar la sensación de que las canciones estån vivas porque se viven intensamente.

ÂżEstamos hablando de emociones? SĂ­, gracias a dios, porque en el ĂĄlbum hay de este gĂ©nero, todo el rato, incluso en los interludios instrumentales. El piano soñador de “Barnum’s Circus”, el autotune espectral de “Lost Stars” o el solo de guitarra Queens-of-stoneagiano de “Cul-de-Sac” estĂĄn al servicio del magma emocional de los mĂșsicos. Se nota la influencia de grupos altamente emotivos como Delta Sleep (los ingleses protagonizaron uno de los conciertos mĂĄs memorables para los wud en el festival Arundo de TorellĂł del año 2018), Algernon Cadwallader o Faraquet.

Con los años vamos descubriendo donde nos lleva el progreso tecnológico exacerbado: así es, al colapso. Mientras tanto, pero, los wud nos avisan de que ellos ya han llegado allí y que de allí se puede sacar humanidad a raudales, de hecho, no hay nada mås humano que colapsar.

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released April 21, 2023

Produced and recorded by wud at Jimmy's basement and Lluerna A/V studio. All drums are recorded at Estudi Fontderola by Turre and Jordi CasadesĂșs. Mixed & Mastered by Joan Peiron at l’Orella Escapçada.
Voices and lyrics produced by our mentor Eric Fuentes
Design by ClĂ udia Kidai
Layouts by Paula LĂłpez

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