French disney djent phenomenon Soledad is back as a full band 3 years after “Catharsis”. Our guests on this new episode of the Progtalks are Bandleader Lola Damblant-Soler and producer Lucas de la Rosa. They talk about the new album “XIII”, their favourite classical composers and the difficulties of transcribing guitar solos.

Chapters:

01:00 welcome back Lulu, welcome Lola

02:55 from Soledad - a solo project to Soledad - the band

05:45 the songwriting process for XII - what was different to Catharsis?

10:30 playing Symphonic Metal but not like any other Symphonic Metal bands

14:15 favourite classical composers of Lola & Lulu

20:55 the lyrical concept of XIII

23:55 guest musicians on XIII

32:00 trying to transcribe guitar solos

36:55 what’s next for Soledad?

🎵 Soledad is:

Lola Damblant-Soler - vocals, guitars

Théo Pinte - guitars

Julien Giet - drums

💿 Discography:

Catharsis (2019)

XIII (2022)

✔️ Follow Soledad:

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/soledadmusic

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soledadproject

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/we_are_soledad

Youtube: https://bit.ly/SoledadYouTubeChannel

Bandcamp: https://soledadproject.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3K8ewR2

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