Eria (LP) - Yerma

"Clench your fists

hold the sand

hit the barren soil

that beholds us."

THE PROJECT

We are Yerma, a rock band from Málaga, Spain, that mixes instrumental music with poetry. We have created this campaign because we are recording our first album and we need funds to to pay for it — mostly in order to pay for the recording, production and so on in advance. For that, we have prepared several rewards with some pretty cool merchandising. Will you help us out?

THE BAND

Yerma (which means "barren" or "waste" in Spanish) was created in 2021 by Nacho (guitar) and Ulises (drums), who dreamt of putting together a band that would move people without the lyrics. Soon after they were joined by Sergio (bass) and Juan (guitar), and since then, we have not stopped playing on different places in Malaga and writing songs, always driven by the will to find something that make people be carried away with the music. We make post-rock, that is, instrumental rock with dreamy and evocative sounds. We also have some stoner, shoegaze, math, prog, psychedelic and even flamenco influences, and with all that we aim to develop our own, distinctive sound, the Yerma sound.

So far, we have published three singles: Tótem, Calima, and Céfiro.

We are directly influenced by classic bands from the genre like Explosions in the sky, Envy, Toundra or MONO, but we also count Foals, Sonic Youth, Triana or the Beatles among our influences.

So, this is our first album, Eria.

Eria is the arid landscape, the barren land of the Andalusian countryside. It lies in the shade of the olive trees and the shelter of the cliffs. Eria is the heat of a sun that scorches body and soul, the gusts of hurricane winds. It is also the repose by the fire, the sea and the salt in the sand.

Through its 11 tracks, we explore the combination of raw and tense songs with dreamy, calm and clean atmospheres that aim for a cathartic feeling in the listener. We also seek to vindicate historical patterns of our land, Andalusia, its culture and customs, which is why many of our songs have arid and arabesque reminiscences. We seek to make you taste the flavour of our land.

As we said, the tracklist consists of 11 songs:

1. Destierro [Exile]

2. Calima [Calima Wind]

3. Tótem [Totem]

4. Céfiro [Zephyr]

5. Quijada [Jawbone]

6. Arajal

7. Eria ["Waste"]

8. El hambre [Hunger]

9. La sed [Thirst]

10. Al faro [To the Lighthouse]

11. Ascenso [Ascension]

While the songs are instrumental, they intertwine with interludes of texts by young Spanish poets such as Carla Nyman, Aitana Monzon and Nacho Pérez, which give a sense of coheasion and aim to build bridges with poetry.

The album is almost completely recorded — we only have to finish it off, crunch some numbers and release it, and that's where we need your help. The full sum of this Verkami will go to pay, firstly, the recording, mixing and mastering in the studio. Secondly, the release of the album in physical format and the pending artwork, and finally, the rest of the merchandising rewards and shipments.

The front and back cover designs and some other details are made by the artist Clara Zamorano. The design of the logo and the fractal (the physical CD) are made by Lion Billar. With their artwork, they conveyed our ideas flawlessly for this album, and for that we thank them a lot.

This project could not have been carried out without the work of Green Cross, a studio from Malaga that has recorded or mixed bands such as Red Eye, Malaka Youth, Loncha Velasco, OdeOnDreams, or Plastic Woods. Jesús from Green Cross has helped us shape this dream, and we couldn't be happier with the result.

THE REWARDS

We have prepared a series of packs with CDs and merchandising, so that you can choose the one you like the most. In all cases, the price you see includes shipping to Spain. If you are buying from outside Spain (and considering you are reading this, you probably are), the shipping costs will be slightly higher — you have an option to add these costs separately as one of the rewards.

CD: it is digipack format with by a 4-page booklet with photos of the band and some of the poems included on the album.

T-shirts: We are releasing a new batch of t-shirts, and this time we want to offer different options. You can choose between black or burgundy high quality t-shirts, at any size you want (generally, from XS to XXL). You can tell us the size on the form that we will send you when the campaign is over.

Caps: We know postrock/alternative people love caps, so why not go the extra mile and make some?

Totebag: Our third option for merchandising. It will be printed in high quality dyed cotton fabric.

Plus, all rewards include stickers and the digital download of the album, as well as shipping to Spain (mainland and Balearic Islands). The rewards that include merchandising will also include a free badge with our logo.

ATTENTION: if you are from the Canary Islands or live abroad, we ask you to also request the corresponding reward for shipping.

Some of you have asked us about vinyl records. Although we would love to, it is not feasible at the moment. However, we don't rule out the possibility of doing a print run at a later date.

Please note that all the pictures are a placeholder. It may be that that some aspects of the merchandising pieces (such as colours) or the CD itslf vary slightly.
 

ALRIGHT, NICE. WHEN'S THE ALBUM COMING OUT?

If everything goes according to plan, we intend to release the album on digital platforms and get the rewards to you in early October. Roughly, this is our schedule:

• 15th June to 25th July: Verkami's up!

• June 18th and 19th: we finish recording the remaining tracks in the studio.

• July and August: mixing, mastering and polishing of the album, as well as preparation of all the merchandising pieces.

• September: final touches.

• Beginning of October: release of the album and sending of the rewards.

We will try to expedite the process as much as we can, but we ask for your patience. Things go dire sometimes!

OUR SOCIAL MEDIA

If you like what we do and do not follow us just yet, you can do so in several places:

• Spotify

• Bandcamp

• Twitter/X

• Instagram

• Facebook