Melenas

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Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
Melenas

• Special Guests
  Monday 18th November
  The Glad Cafe
  18+

Melenas are an indie garage fuzz kraut pop reverbcore group from Pamplona, Spain who will make fans of The Feelies, Neu!, Stereolab and classic C86 jangle pop fall for their infectious synths, shimmering guitars, sweet melodies and driving rhythms. They also add a touch of sun-kissed, soft focused psych to their kraut-rock influenced sound. Brilliant melodies, fresh bass lines, acid keys and a Lindy Morrison drum style are adorned with fuzz and phasers and surrounded with heavenly vocal harmonies.
After touring their two first albums (released via US label Trouble In Mind) worldwide with shows at Primavera Sound, SXSW (twice), Eurosonic, Levitation France, Bilbao BBK, all over the UK and France and even at the New York Fashion Week (where they performed at the Ulla Johnson runway), in 2021 they won the MME Award at the Eurosonic festival, a prize that has been previously won by Rosalia, Hinds, Fontaines DC or Dua Lipa.
Also in 2021 they released their celebrated cover version of the classic tune Eisbaer by Grauzone, and in 2023 they released their third album to widespread critical acclaim. In 2024 they’ve toured extensively in Europe, with sold out shows in Madrid, Paris, London or Berlin, and have released ‘Ahora Remixes’, an EP featuring reworks of their songs by the likes of Peanut Butter Wolf, Tim Gane (Stereolab) or Hidrogenesse.