Willy Bárcenas: "Podemos has been exercising political violence for a long time"

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Immersed in the recent release of Taburete's fifth album, 'Matadero 5', Willy Bárcenas defends everything the group has achieved despite the

that have followed him since they became known and that, he says, have meant that industry peers refuse to collaborate with them.

"Some artist has come to admit to us that he was afraid of collaborating with Taburete

," laments the band's vocalist in an interview with Europa Press.

He does not understand that artists make these decisions, but he respects that "everyone is the way they are and gets wet what they want to get wet", while specifying that he "would not do it": "If a group that politically has nothing to do with He proposes to collaborate with me and

"I can understand that there are artists who are afraid, but I think that you have to go with a couple of balls through life," he says, to advocate free opinion: "When you have an opinion about something, even if it may hurt you to say it, It has to be said,

and that you don't care about what it affects".

In this, Stool has an advantage, he says, because they

.

Specifically, he says that he is the one who "gets the most wet" of the group, especially on political issues, and he does so freely because those who are going to criticize him are already criticizing him.

"WE CAN EXERCISE POLITICAL VIOLENCE"

Thus, he manifests himself on current politics, in which he is losing "interest and faith" and which makes a

, who he says "has been exercising political violence for years" but "now that it comes, he regrets it.

He refers to the denunciations of political violence against the Minister of Equality,

, by the deputy of Vox

, expressions of which "obviously he is not in favor", according to what he specifies.

"I don't know whether to call it political violence or disrespect, but they have been carrying out political violence for a very long time," she concludes.

Faced with all the criticism that the group may receive and the prejudices and labels that surround them, Bárcenas assures that they keep the positive, everything they have achieved: five albums in seven years and long tours.

.

However, he acknowledges that while Stool would have grown "slower" without all those labels, it would also have reached more people.

"We would be more massive without those prejudices that began with many and are becoming fewer," he reproaches, to warn that there are people who

because of their family ties and will never try to listen to them.

Beyond all of this, the band's vocalist focuses on the recent release of 'Matadero 5', a work that highlights the

and which he ensures is having a good reception from the public.

About the album, made up of ten songs, he emphasizes that it marks a before and after in the band due to the opening of styles since they play

songs , which they had not tried before: "Making such a varied album, in which each song is different from the previous one, it makes it so much fun".

Precisely, flamenco weaves his favorite song, 'Penultimate kiss', in which he talks about that last kiss that he was able to give his mother,

, upon entering prison.

This song, one of the "most sincere and personal" that he has written, is a sample of how

" and "cope with all the bad things", something that he has also achieved with composition and concerts. , bill.

He also highlights the collaborations with the

on the album , although he admits that he was left out of a collaboration that he longed for, Leiva, when he decided not to participate because he had just published a collaboration album.

For the future, he advances that he would like to be able to collaborate with female artists, among which the Latin Americans

With the songs on this new album, Taburete hopes

and for them to listen, if possible, to all the pieces, something that, however, Bárcenas knows is complicated by his musical style.

"Currently, for a pop song to reach as many reproductions - as his hit 'Sirenas' did - is something very difficult," he adds.

URBAN MUSIC "COVER EVERYTHING"

In his opinion, urban music "dominates everything today": "It seems that if you don't do that , it

, sound in discos, everything, everything is very closed to that style and that makes me feel sorry ".

However, he is confident that rock will return in the future because he believes that musical trends go in cycles.

On the other hand, the vocalist of Taburete defends the musical freedom of the group thanks to

.

Despite having received offers from multinationals, he remains independent: "My advice to artists is to try it on your own, not to sell your future for an advance."

Finally, regarding the future of Taburete, he says that the objective is to maintain the stable position

that it has obtained.

Personally, he dreams of "continuing to give concerts every year" and "finishing a big hit in Latin America", where they already have an audience.

Before the start of their next tour in

, they will publish a new song that will advance their sixth album.

And it is that, Bárcenas makes it clear that Taburete does not stop and sentences that a musical career without the group has not crossed his mind.

"The only reason for the separation would be that there was a bad relationship between us, but

," he explains, although he hopes to create an alternative project that is compatible with the band and in which he can record rock, blues or American folk, as well as Mexican corridos.

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