Interview with Neuman
Neuman is a folk rock band from Murcia with hints of post-rock style. With a touch of melancholy, their melodies are wrapped by only a piano, a guitar, and drums. Their extended themes end with a composition that acquires more weight than the voice. The vocals are warm and sensitive, running through a frame of emotions transmitted by a descriptive language that moves you on every note and every minute.
Close to shoegaze and postrock music and influenced by 80’s post-punk, Neuman is known for its pianos, guitars, and vocals that merge into a single instrument with a strong emotional and impressionistic component.
Everything started back in 1998 when Paco Román, after leaving La Fabrica de la Luz, spent all his time recording over 150 songs at the studio. In December 2010 he met Fernando Lillo (pianist), and they began to give shape to his compositions. The final form of Neuman was outlined with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Raúl Frutos. The three together have released two studio albums.
1. How did the band begin?
Neuman started as a personal project about eight years ago in which I recorded over 150 songs that I played all by myself. As a band, Neuman line up was completed just 2 years ago.
2. How would you define the sound of the band?
You can fit many tags on it. We like it when they say that our music sounds like a lifelong music. Soem people say that we are shoegaze, Post-Rock, Pop, Folk, but always with a strong emotional component.
3. Talk us about your last work.
It has been recorded like the old techniques of recording discs 40 years ago, almost live, to keep the emotional aspect intact as in its composition.
4. How are your concerts? What can we find there that we won’t find on your studio records?
It can be seen as a “roller coaster”, from an acoustic sound and a whispering voice to a authentic madness unleashed sounds. A loyal like in the record studio.
5. What do you think about the music industry and what do you think is your place within it?
I see a fashion musical archetype which we respect and share. We are in a privileged position in the current music scene. We also get feed from the people who begin to follow outside our country.
