Name: Aprender a Ser
Brand: Mint Field

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FLT096lp-C1

Colour

Magenta

Colour details

Fruit Punch

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-10-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

792105762753

Total Cap

Magenta LP

Artist

Mint Field

Genre US

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label US

Felte

Mint Field is an artist hailing from Mexico City, Mexico. With their unique blend of dreamy shoegaze and post-punk influences, Mint Field has quickly gained recognition in the music scene. Their captivating melodies and ethereal vocals transport listeners to another world. Drawing inspiration from bands like My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, Mint Field creates a sonic landscape that is both nostalgic and forward-thinking. Their debut album "Pasar de las Luces" received critical acclaim and solidified their place as one of the most exciting emerging artists in the industry.

Formed by Estrella Sanchez (vocals/guitar) and Amor Amezcua (drums), Mint Field's sound is characterized by intricate guitar work, atmospheric textures, and hypnotic rhythms. Their live performances are known for their raw energy and emotional intensity, leaving audiences spellbound.

With a growing fanbase around the world, Mint Field continues to push boundaries with their music. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to their sound, be prepared to embark on a sonic journey unlike any other with Mint Field.

Time. It’s something we tend to cherish. As a band, you’re typically thrown into more than usual stressful scenarios when recording albums and rushing decisions becomes the norm. Mexico City’s&nbsp;Mint Fieldknows this all too well.Rewind to the spring of 2020 (yes, Covid). The band started fleshing out their&nbsp;new&nbsp;album&nbsp;Aprender a Ser(meaning&nbsp;Learn To Be&nbsp;in English), the follow up to 2020’s minimalist psych/shoegaze album,&nbsp;Sentimiento Mundial. For the first time, the band was not under any time constraints in the recording process. They wrote, recorded, produced and mixed the albumin isolation. They had time to slow things down and think more obsessively about the sound, environment and vibe they wanted to create.Aprender a Ser&nbsp;became really intimate, every single detail was meticulously worked on.&nbsp;Mint Fieldrecorded take after take, butat the same time tried to keep the soul of the demos intact.Some of the guitar and drums are first takes in the final versions. The band would let a recording sit, leave it and comeback to it. The songs evolved a lot doing so, but at the same time didn't lose the essence of its original intention.Fast forward to January of 2023. During this period, the band recorded approximately twenty-five more songs and trimmed it down to ten, cohesive tracks that fit conceptually while at the same time trying to evolve their sound. During the recording process, they naturally came back to the roots of the&nbsp;Mint Fieldsound by doing a lot of layering, utilizing different types of reverb and exploring more ethereal, ambient, dream pop and shoegaze sounds.Thematically,&nbsp;Aprender a Ser&nbsp;talks about opening our perspective of the reality that we live every day, acknowledging each moment that we witness in life. Learning to recognize what we are, what we live, what we see, what we feel. Whether it’s seeing ourselves in the past and observing how we have evolved in the present. Or the lifetime of a butterfly from its formation within a cocoon to how it lives its short life in five days. Or seeing how an orchid slowly opens every day, never forgetting the essence of what we are and will be. Nothing in life should be taken for granted. Living in the present is a gift.Learning to be (Aprender a ser) is learning to recognize our emotions, not repress them, not turn them off and feel them.With their&nbsp;new&nbsp;album, Mexico City’s&nbsp;Mint Field&nbsp;creates a unique blend of avant dream pop and shoegaze with some touches of trip hop that explore the nostalgia and melancholy of daily life with complex rhythms, loud, shimmering guitars, and softly sighing vocals. A true example of how the band is not encapsulated in one genre of sound. The band is led by Estrella del Sol and Sebastian Neyra with drum collaborations from Callum Brown (also a member of London's Ulrika Spacek).

Aprender a Ser

Music US

Discover Aprender a Ser by Mint Field. Mexico City's avant dream pop and shoegaze band creates a unique blend of nostalgia and melancholy with complex rhythms, shimmering guitars, and softly sighing vocals. Released on Felte label.