In 2006, when Majorcan Llorenç Rosselló decided to post his first songs as Poomse –then a lo-fi bedroom project- on Myspace, they immediately aroused the interest of Foehn Records. The Barcelona-based indie label released ‘Tomorrow will come & it will be fine’ (2010), first album of Poomse and meeting point between folk, pop and slowcore with names like Come, Low, Red House Painters or Codeine - of whom Poomse covered ’ Loss leader’- in the background. A few months later, Foehn published ‘Star EP’ (2011), collecting four more experimental songs.
At this point, Rosselló decided to widen his personal project with the addition of Gaspar Reixach (bass) and Josep Verdera (drums) to present his first two recordings live in Mallorca (opening for Clem Snide and Evening Hymns), Barcelona or London (selected for the The Great Escape festival).
In 2012, Sebastià Mesquida (guitar) and Joan Llabrés (replacing Verdera) joined Poomse and the band began work on new compositions by Rosselló. The new songs would then give birth to excellent‘Poomse vs the Kingdom of Death’ (2014). The record was mastered by John Golden (Low, Sonic Youth, The New Year) and it was a YUGE step forward for the band considering their past recordings.
Their third album 'This is how we fail' (2016) was released September 5 via Spanish label Espora Records and also in the US via Custom Made Music.
The best tribute one can pay to the Spanish band Poomse is that they sound wonderfully American indie, that they could easily hail from any American Midwest city and release their music through the legendary Merge Records. Their third album, “This is How We Fail” stand out as one of the very best slowcore, lo-fi albums of the year.
Their sonic aesthetics clearly remind to the clear guitar subtleties of American Music Club, Low, The Year End, Red House Painters and Yo La Tengo. Apart from these influences there are Television and Slint which can only mean that Poomse learned it all from the masters.
Stand out tracks: Old Low T; Out of Tune; Plastic Flowers; Fake Haka for E.C.; Heartless Bastards of the World and Anger Management.
INDIEVOTION RATING: 8/10