Els Amics de les Arts

Heavily inspired by French film director Jean-Luc Godard, Els Amics de les Arts' fusion of Spanish folk, avant-garde pop, and electronica with pun-laden lyrics and ironic humor has helped them to become one of the Catalan music scene's most critically acclaimed outfits. Formed in Barcelona in 2005, the band, which consists of lead vocalist Eduard Costa, guitarist Joan Enric Barceló, bassist Ferran Piqué, and pianist Dani Alegret, released its debut album, Catalonautes, in the same year, and slowly became a word-of-mouth success thanks to several appearances at various Catalan ...