tracklist:
01. Aire
02. Un día es un día
Mexico City’s Mint Field return with two cover songs, the first material since their most recent album Sentimiento Mundial. At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, everything was uncertain and the band had time on their hands. They used that time to not only make new music, but also invested in being fans of music past and present like they’d not done in a while. During that period, two songs from their childhood past were rediscovered – “Aire” by Mecano and “Un día es un día” by Jeanette.
Mint Field explains how the cover songs came about. “We have always been fans of these two 80s songs as we grew up listening to them on the radio and with our parents. We have a live version of ‘Aire’ by Mecano on cassette. We remember re-listening and feeling all the energy of that song. Ana Torroja's voice has always seemed admirable and very unique along with the whole instrumentation of the song.
Jeanette, in the same way, has always been one of our favorite singers. We find her songwriting and the idea of romantic ballads beautiful. Both songs are very special to us and were inspired to reinvent them in our own way.”