No Me Mireis

Part of Elefant Records' New Adventures in Pop series. Marina was born in Córdoba, but came to Madrid to study, where she begins to work as an architect and designer. Until 2020, her trajectory in the world of music didn't go any farther than long practice sessions with the guitar in her bedroom. In June 2020, she finds herself unemployed, like so many other people, and she buys herself a keyboard with the idea (still mostly just an idea for now) of learning to play the piano. And little by little she is building that little homemade studio with just her keyboard, a computer, and most of all, a lot of imagination and inspiration. And the songs begin to take shape. Some of the songs tell made-up stories, others less so, and many others are stories she imagined while gazing out the window in the long hours of the day that come with unemployment, listening to songs by The Magnetic Fields or Cigarettes After Sex. And best of all, what she is doing is related to a pop tradition that is practically unique to Spain. That tradition that connects the dots between Le Mans, Family, Niza, Single and La Bien Querida, that tradition that honours Vainica Doble, Cecilia and Gloria Fuertes. Lyrics that are honest, sincere, precious, that go straight to your heart. Her tremendously sweet voice, that does not need to coo. Exquisite melodies, without excessive decoration. The great art of making simplicity look easy.