Bandcamp: http://mariacoma.bandcamp.com/
Works to date:
u_mä (2007): Studio album on duo with Pau Vallvé under the name of u_mä.
Linòleum (2009): Studio album as soloist.
Linòleum en Concert (2010): Live recordings taken during the last album's tour.
Magnòlia (2011): Secong studio album as soloist.
From her website: She has dedicated most of her life to the piano and music, performing with various artists, setting in motion musical projects, recording albums, composing soundtracks, making concerts and finally, initiating her own solo career.
This November 2011, her fourth album is freshly edited under the title “Magnòlia”. The backbone of this piece is the piano, with a more profound, mature and very cinematographic approach, beyond the sole concept of music. Including the video footage (recorded by herself in Super8), the designs, the live performances… All this, followed by three consecutive tours of her previous work: “u_mä”(2007), “Linòleum”(2009) and “Linòleum en concert”(2010).
She began at a very young age, six years old, with classical music, a birthmark in her style. Ten years later she distanced herself from classical music to study modern music and jazz focusing her efforts in singing and the piano. She continued afterwards spending a couple years with maestro Francisco Suárez digging deeper into new points of view in harmony, piano and composition.
In 2006 she self-edited her first demo “_m” (EP) , which was recorded at home. She launched in 2007 a project together with Pau Vallvé, named “u_mä”, with whom she released her first album, u_mä (Error Lo-Fi!, 2007) and also embarked a year and a half long tour, in which they had the great pleasure to be curtain openers of The Silver Mount Zion.
In October 2009 she released her second album, her first solo debut album as Maria Coma, under the title “Linòleum” (Amniòtic Records, 2009). The album has been awarded the Joan Trayté prize as in best catalan production of the year. The “Linòleum” tour went on for more than a year and a half, she preformed 60 concerts. Including performances in “Palau de la Música”, “L’Auditori de Barcelona”, opening for Patrick Watson in sala Bikini, playing at “Parc del Fòrum” during the “CruïllaBCN” festival, at the “(a)phonica” festival and at “l’Auditori del C.A.T. de Gràcia”.
Placenta
Maria Coma Lyrics
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No em deixis de tapar
No em deixis, fora estaré sola.
No vull començar a morir com tothom que no en sap del tot...
...de ser feliç (No vull...)
No sap ser feliç (...començar a morir)
No sap ser feliç (No vull...)
No sap ser feliç (No vull, no vull, no vull...)
No sap ser feliç (No vull, no vull, no vull...)
No sap ser feliç.
Només sóc memòries de figures de fang i neu.
Decorant finestres amb fulles de tardor i d'hivern.
Només sóc memòries de jocs que no acaben mai.
(Només, Només, Només, Només, Només...)
No vull començar a morir com tothom que no en sap del tot...
...de ser feliç (No vull...)
No sap ser feliç (...començar a morir)
No sap ser feliç (No vull...)
No sap ser feliç (No vull, no vull, no vull...)
No sap ser feliç (No vull, no vull, no vull...)
No sap ser feliç,
No sap ser feliç.
These lyrics are from the song "Placenta" by Maria Coma. The song talks about the fear of being alone and the struggle to find happiness. The first verse pleads to someone - possibly a lover or a friend - to not let the singer slip away, to not let them be exposed and alone. The fear of loneliness is palpable here, especially with the repeated line "No em deixis, fora estaré sola" (Don't leave me, I'll be alone outside).
The second verse reveals some deeper insecurities about happiness. The singer admits to not wanting to start dying like those who do not fully understand how to be happy. The repetition of "No sap ser feliç" (He/She doesn't know how to be happy) suggests that the singer may be projecting their own uncertainty and lack of knowledge about happiness onto others. The following lines highlight the singer's struggle to find their own identity beyond being just a sum of memories and experiences. They are described as just "memories of figures made of clay and snow" or "memories of games that never end".
Overall, the song seems to express a deep sense of anxiety about loneliness, a yearning for companionship, and a struggle to find happiness in a world that doesn't always seem to provide it.
Line by Line Meaning
No em deixis relliscar
Don't let me slip
No em deixis de tapar
Don't stop covering me
No em deixis, fora estaré sola.
Don't leave me, I'll be alone outside.
No vull començar a morir com tothom que no en sap del tot...
I don't want to start dying with everyone who doesn't know everything...
...de ser feliç (No vull...)
...about being happy (I don't want...)
No sap ser feliç (...començar a morir)
It doesn't know how to be happy (...to start dying)
No sap ser feliç (No vull...)
It doesn't know how to be happy (I don't want...)
No sap ser feliç (No vull, no vull, no vull...)
It doesn't know how to be happy (I don't want, don't want, don't want...)
No sap ser feliç.
It doesn't know how to be happy.
Només sóc memòries de figures de fang i neu.
I am only memories of mud and snow figures.
Decorant finestres amb fulles de tardor i d'hivern.
Decorating windows with autumn and winter leaves.
Només sóc memòries de jocs que no acaben mai. (Només, Només, Només, Només, Només...)
I am only memories of games that never end. (Only, Only, Only, Only, Only...)
No sap ser feliç (No vull...)
It doesn't know how to be happy (I don't want...)
...començar a morir
...to start dying
No sap ser feliç (No vull...)
It doesn't know how to be happy (I don't want...)
No sap ser feliç (No vull, no vull, no vull...)
It doesn't know how to be happy (I don't want, don't want, don't want...)
No sap ser feliç,
It doesn't know how to be happy,
No sap ser feliç.
It doesn't know how to be happy.
Contributed by Grace W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.