Sad Breakfast- (2005-2006)

Sad Breakfast- (2005-2006)

“If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.

Eddie Van Halen

By: Ghost Writer

Yes, Iceland has Sigur Ros, Scotland has Mogwai, Canada has Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Texas has Explosions in the Sky and even Japan has Mono, here in México we have Sad Breakfast, well we had Sad Breakfast.

Sad Breakfast started in Mexico City in the year 1998, the band was inspired by the post rock movement of the rim, but they weren't exactly instrumental like most post rock acts, in fact, lyrics and vocals played a big part in the sound of the band, as Josúe Guijosa's nostalgic slacker vocals were an important feature n the overall approach of the band, laid back rhythm section, ringing guitars and Guijosa early morning lyrics told tales of past events and better times.

The Time…To Come back were a pair of Eps issued between 2005 and 2006, I found The Time in a record shop, I didn't knew anything about the band, didn't even knew they were Mexican, but their name had a strange effect on me, I bought the CD, and when I arrived home, no CD was inside the card box, I returned it to the record shop and they gave me a new one, the music sounded quite different to the music been made at the time in the country, they were obviously listening a lot to the so called post rock, at the time I was a by fan I bands like Sigur Ros, Tortoise and Slint, not so much else, but SD immediately became one of my favorite bands, from opener Nonesense, However.. Still Far Away, that showed that the band nit cared too much for relevant lyrics, they were more like puzzled memories from the past and that was really interesting to me, Guijosa was a voice from the past coming to haunt you, while the music gleamed with singular energy, they weren't direct at all as they moved in endless circles of sound.

Falling was more energetic and straight rock song with an infectious guitar riffing, a definite rock groove and a powerful bass that glues it all together, while on Changing Places there a great furious guitars latter succeeded by ringing ones and a great tender vocal execution by Josúe, in a very strong performance that's definitely show stealing.

What made SD better than most post rock bands is that ay heart they kept a rock n roll beat going on, a great add on to Guijosa proto slacker vocals like on the superbly titled Memories for the Last Two Times, We Believed We Grew Up, a devastating tune for the soul, or What can be said against the incendiary Remember that You Forgot with Guijosa painful vocals at the very top and a heart wrenching and effective guitar line.

Several Minutes showed moments of great dynamics interlocked with hitting riffs and brutal bass lines, the band going here for a more instrumental approach.

Sad Breakfast lasted for some good 15 years, comebacks have been announced but no new music, anyway I really cherish this great siamese eps, and a gray band without much massive acceptance but with a legion of musician followers who keep their blurred memory alive.