Pedro The Lion
Achilles Heel

THE REVIEW

He is not Chris Martin from Coldplay, he is not a cover band of R.E.M. or Will Oldham, no nothing of the sort; but if you’ve already had the chance to hear Pedro the Lion, aka David Bazan, you may have already asked these questions.
The vocal tone of this artist and the sounds he offers should not be misleading: here we are faced with one of the greatest alternative rock artists on the U.S. scene.

Straight from Seattle, "Pedro" offers us a new adventure, the fourth, two years after the sensational album Control. Always teetering between joy and melancholy, between tears and smiles, David Bazan provides us with further proof of how it is possible, with the simplest tools of a musician (guitar, bass, and drums combined with undeniable talent), to touch the human soul in its most delicate spots. This is a work full of emotions: there is joy in the folk ride of "Transcontinental," there is loneliness in the beautiful ballad "I Do," there is adrenaline in the more intense tracks such as "Discretion" or "The Fleecing," melancholy when the tempo slows down ("Arizona" or "The Poison").

In short, a brief journey (11 songs for 38 minutes) inside the world of Pedro The Lion leaves its mark, and you will ask yourself at the end of the listening what is truly the Achilles' heel of this artist... I have an answer: not having succeeded outside the USA, but in my opinion, it's only a matter of time...