By LoffMusic Editorial Staff – August 2025
The Donostia-based project Caballos Yonkis returns to shake the scene with “Arde”, the second advance of their long-awaited album “Sobredosis”, which will be released on September 19 by Subterfuge Records. An incendiary song in which the band shares vocals with Cristina Martínez Lana, vocalist of El Columpio Asesino, and that Zarata/Mondo Sonoro exclusively premieres with a videoclip that multiplies the intensity of this new stage.
“Arde”: an emotional journey between fire and ashes.
From the first bars, “Arde” is presented as a contained outburst, a spark that ends up devouring everything in its path. The collaboration with Cristina Martínez Lana is much more than a cameo: their voices merge in an emotional dialogue that grows into a fire. “The song could well have been called ‘Fénix'”,confesses the band, “but here what we let it burn”.
In terms of sound, the track draws from synth-pop, post-punk and minimalist electronica. There are pulses inherited from Kraftwerk, dense atmospheres that refer to Ultravox and The Human League, and a narrative that seeks to provoke constant emotional tension. “Arde” breathes, beats and, as its title promises, burns from within: an inevitable premonition that unfolds in layers of synthesizers, hypnotic beats and vocal lines charged with electricity.
An album called “Sobredosis” and a carefully traced path
“Arde” is the second piece of the puzzle that will make up “Sobredosis”, Caballos Yonkis ‘ debut album that will arrive next September 19. In June 2025, the band presented “Salvación”, the first advance, an introspective song that revolves around the concept of eternal return: everything that happens, will happen again, and every act -no matter how small- acquires an infinite value.
If “Salvación” represented contemplation, “Arde” is its inevitable reverse: catharsis, emotional explosion, the impossibility of containing the intensity of what has been lived. Both songs anticipate an album loaded with layers and nuances, a sonic journey that promises to consolidate the band as one of the most stimulating names of the alternative scene.
Influences that make up a unique sound universe
The sound of Caballos Yonkis does not arise in a vacuum. Their proposal connects with artists from the late 70′ s and early 80′s, moving between post-punk and atmospheric electronica. Echoes of Brian Eno, Gary Numan, Ultravox and The Human League are perceived in every texture, while, vocally, the band evokes the intimacy of Leonard Cohen, the melancholy of R.E.M., the minimalism of The Smashing Pumpkins and the elegant darkness of the Norwegians Madrugada.
A lineup with pedigree in the independent scene
Behind Caballos Yonkis we find names with a solid trajectory in independent music. Led by musician and composer Pedro Gracia Pérez de Viñaspre(Havoc, Nacho Vegas) and producer Iñaki de Lucas(La Buena Vida, El Columpio Asesino, Rafael Berrio), the band is completed by Ander Vildósola and Jaime Nieto, both members of key projects such as El Columpio Asesino and We Are Standard.
This sum of talents explains the richness of their proposal: a collective project that combines experience, sensitivity and creative risk.
A debut to mark on the calendar
With “Sobredosis”, Caballos Yonkis seem determined to break through in the national and international scene. A little less than a month after its release, their proposal is already shaping up to be one of the most interesting releases of the year for those looking for electronic pop with soul, concept and emotional depth.
September 19 will not only be the date on which an album is released: it will be the consolidation of an artistic identity that plays with fire, nostalgia and experimentation.
