Javier Estévez launches a direct blow to social lethargy from Alisrecords
There are songs that don’t just sound: they detonate.
Subtónica‘s new single, titled “Para creer que estamos muertos”, doesn’t seek comfort or likes; it seeks to awaken. Javier Estévez returns to the scene with a piece that sounds like a manifesto, a shake-up and a declaration of principles. The song arrived on Tuesday, October 21st, and already has a promotional trailer that anticipates its impact.
Thinking remains an act of resistance
In times where calm is confused with anesthesia and uniformity is disguised as consensus, Estevez shoots an accurate dart: are we still alive or have we given up?
His new single -advance of the album “Salvarnos” that will be released on vinyl in 2026- is a protest against programmed comfort, a hymn to critical conscience and free thought.
Estévez himself launches the question with a verbal scalpel:
“Is there still capacity for replication or are we just extras in this show where the powers that be pull the strings?”
The answer is in the song: a roar reminiscent of Patti Smith’ s warning– “People have the power” –but adapted to the digital present, where conformity is the new pandemic.
A production that bites
Recorded under the Alisrecords label and produced with Pachi García Alis, the song combines the rhythmic intensity of the house brand with a contemporary sound envelope:
- Powerful drums (Estévez was drummer and lyricist of Estirpe).
- Pungent synthesizers that refer to the most emotional post-rock.
- Subtle and sharp guitars, in balance with a lead vocal that gains body and drama with each delivery.
Musically, “Para creer que estamos muertos” is an electric scream: visceral, elegant and honest. It doesn’t preach; it shakes.
A video clip that makes you uncomfortable (and that’s why it matters)
The video, shot in Córdoba and directed by Javier López (3visual), is conceived as a collective filmed therapy, where the spectator cannot remain passive.
With the acting direction of Rafa de Vera and the participation of students of the Film and Culture Degree of the University of Córdoba, the piece is the result of a collaboration with the Aula de Rock y Cultura Underground of the UCO.
Estévez defines it as “a representation of our glories, miseries and desires under an astonished and abducted gaze”.
The result: an uncomfortable mirror of today’s society, so real that it is hard to look at it head on.
From La Bola de Cristal to the pot of power
The single ironically quotes that mythical motto of La Bola de Cristal: “If we all think alike, the panorama is really tragic”.
The lyrics play with powerful metaphors such as the simmering frog, symbol of a society that lets itself go to sleep while the heat rises.
“They push us, but just enough to keep us from falling; they push us away, but not so much that we get organized,” sings Estévez.
It is a poetic and political warning, a call to think for ourselves in the midst of the era of noise.
🔥 Tour 2025-2026: the message gets amplified
Subtónica will take this new material to the stages with a tour that promises forcefulness and closeness:
- Fri. 24 Oct 2025 – Café de Alba, Murcia (21:30 h)
- Sat. Nov. 8 – El Zaguán, Almería (21:30 h)
- Sat. 13 Dec – Sala Impala 2, Córdoba (20:30 h) with AlbertTinny
- Sat. 7 Mar 2026 – Los Clásicos, Cuenca (23:00 h)
- Fri. Mar. 13 – Garrapata, Málaga (22:00 h)
- Sat. 21 Mar – JJ Taberna, Granada (22:00 h)
- Fri. Apr. 17 – Chat Noir, Badajoz (21:30 h)
The slogan is clear: Subtonic does not preach, it acts.
