Maat-Pardals
TÒTUM REVOLÚTUM
12 April 2025
Venue: Auditori Joan Bordetas (Calàbria 66)
Tótum Revolútum
Photography: Josep Ma Llovera
Writer: Gabriel Martín
On 12 April we had the chance to dig into two proposals that both sit within post-rock but with very much their own character.
The first band up were Ibiza’s Pardals, with a short set (just thirty-five minutes, which flew by) since they were breaking in a new drummer for the occasion — though it has to be said, nothing showed. As a reference point, their sound recalls French act “Black Noodle Project”, especially “Divided We Fall”.
This was dense music, with the usual duelling guitars well wrapped by the rhythm section. There was no giving way between tracks (their titles, incidentally, are Roman numerals) — only brief nods to the band, so we could stay focused on the atmosphere of the guitar phrasing.
Pardals
The second band on stage was Maat, based in Barcelona, showing a different shade of post-rock/math-rock (to prove wrong anyone who thinks post-rock only comes in one colour). A real find was bassist Carlos Pedrell, who anchored the time while adding “groove” touches that suited the two guitarists’ work very well.
The opening (“Ayahuasca” and “The Wizard”) already showed how lively they’d be — Joseth Flores and Anthony Paz, expressive and never still on stage — and a clear statement of intent came with “Funkito”, where post-rock and funk embrace.
This was the one set with a sung track: Marina Miyamoto came up on stage and led us through the melody of “Flâneur”. And the standouts were the last two tracks, “Maru” and “1943”, where the bass gave a lesson in rhythm and melodic sense.
Another night that enriched the audience, and a great chance to enjoy post-rock from two different angles — one denser, the other with funk and dance running through it.
Maat
