Sensitive acoustic rock ballads with well-written lyrics and this slightly scorched, unpretentiously appealing voice that conveys pure and sincere emotion. The title, Spanish for "wretched one", adds a touch of mystery but also determines the entire album's tone and mood.
The gloomy atmosphere reigns throughout all seven tracks of maldita, from the wistfully melodious Summer rain, Trying to regret, Long forgotten dreams and It doesn't matter at all to the very interesting, passionate Lizzard King and The Port and winding up to the heartbreaking Eternal sadness. Very few instruments with a most prominent guitar accompany the vocals, which sound somewhat too distant - but this does not bother me personally, as it appears to work in favour of the final result by enhancing this feeling of sadness, loneliness and regret.
The style is consistent with the artist's previous albums, the Indieca and spiders snakes & butterflies demos; in the description of the latter, it is mentioned that a few of the songs were recorded directly to Mini Disc - and I don't know if it is just my own ears, but this does seem to make a difference for this kind of "minimal" arrangement.
Another little pearl I stumbled upon while searching for something else, and I am really glad for the discovery.
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