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”.
Plom
Maria Coma Lyrics
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Dins té un món de gomets rodons i verds,
Un cos amb cor de cotó.
Un món fràgil,
S'intenta protegir
D'aquells dolents amb un pallasso entre dents.
Tant de bo, fos de plom i es fongués amb tots.
Un cor fràgil no vol ser de cotó...
No sap com virar.
No sap com matar aquell drac.
No sap com poder riure de...
I ja no sap (com virar)
Està perdut (com matar aquell drac)
I vol saber (com poder)
Vol poder dir
Quin pallasso més graciós. (Ara estic content...)
Jo ja estic content.
Què diran?
Diran el que vulguin... (Ara estic content...)
Quin pallasso més graciós.
Jo ja estic content.
Què diran?
Diran el que vulguin...
Tant de bo, fos de plom i es fongués amb tots. (Un cos fràgil)
Un cor fràgil no vol ser de cotó... (dins té un món de gomets rodons i verds)
Soldadet! Vol ser de plom (un cos amb cor de cotó)
The song "Plom" by Maria Coma is an introspective exploration of a fragile body and mind. The first verse describes the fragility of the body, which contains a world of green and round gummy bears inside. The heart feels like it's made of cotton, soft and gentle. The body wants to protect itself from the "bad guys" who have a clown between their teeth. The chorus repeats the hope that the body could be made of lead instead of cotton, so it could dissolve with everyone else.
The second verse focuses on the mind. The "soldier" inside doesn't know how to react to the world around it. It doesn't know how to kill the dragon or laugh at it. It's lost and wants to know how to turn, how to kill, how to laugh. The chorus repeats the desire to be made of lead and the declaration that the singer is content. It doesn't matter what others say, because the singer is happy.
Overall, the song suggests that being fragile and vulnerable can lead to feelings of uncertainty and confusion, but there is also a sense of acceptance and contentment in being who you are.
Line by Line Meaning
Un cos fràgil,
A fragile body,
Dins té un món de gomets rodons i verds,
Inside it has a world of round and green stickers,
Un cos amb cor de cotó.
A body with a cotton heart.
Un món fràgil,
A fragile world,
S'intenta protegir
Trying to protect itself
D'aquells dolents amb un pallasso entre dents.
From those bad guys with a clown between their teeth.
Tant de bo, fos de plom i es fongués amb tots.
Would be better if it were made of lead and melted with everyone.
Un cor fràgil no vol ser de cotó...
A fragile heart doesn't want to be made of cotton...
Soldadet! Vol ser de plom.
Little soldier! Wants to be made of lead.
No sap com virar.
Doesn't know how to turn.
No sap com matar aquell drac.
Doesn't know how to kill that dragon.
No sap com poder riure de...
Doesn't know how to laugh at...
I ja no sap (com virar)
And now doesn't know (how to turn)
Està perdut (com matar aquell drac)
Is lost (how to kill that dragon)
I vol saber (com poder)
And wants to know (how to)
Vol poder dir
Wants to be able to say
Quin pallasso més graciós. (Ara estic content...)
What a most amusing clown. (Now I'm happy...)
Jo ja estic content.
I'm already happy.
Què diran?
What will they say?
Diran el que vulguin... (Ara estic content...)
They will say what they want... (Now I'm happy...)
Quin pallasso més graciós.
What a most amusing clown.
Jo ja estic content.
I'm already happy.
Què diran?
What will they say?
Tant de bo, fos de plom i es fongués amb tots. (Un cos fràgil)
Would be better if it were made of lead and melted with everyone. (A fragile body)
Un cor fràgil no vol ser de cotó... (dins té un món de gomets rodons i verds)
A fragile heart doesn't want to be made of cotton... (inside it has a world of round and green stickers)
Soldadet! Vol ser de plom (un cos amb cor de cotó)
Little soldier! Wants to be made of lead. (A body with a cotton heart)
Contributed by Aaliyah I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@jmjmartin
Lovely......Until the brush drums!