Calla

It was in 1997 that Calla flew from New York as an entity as we know it today. Before that, there is a trace that takes shape, somewhere in Texas, under the impulse of Aurelio Valle (vocals, guitar), Wayne B. Magruder (drum, synth) and Peter Gannon and which answers the name of The Factory Press. But the band members moved to New York in 1995 and split in 1997 leaving Peter Gannon (reintegrated in 2003) and an album composed during those years on the roadside.
In 1999, Calla released her first album, eponymous, on Sub Rosa. The record stirs up a certain curiosity, noisy and draft though. One shot. Evoking both the melancholy devastated landscapes and the sounds of Ennio Morricone, it is a springboard towards Scavengers (Young God - label by Michael Gira des Swans, 2001) that constitutes the first turn of the band between intimate indie and a return to more conventional song formats. 2 years later, Televise ( Arena Rock ) takes over the recipe, adds some electro ingredients to the sweet guitar notes to get an ever more nostalgic aftertaste, which will be the brand name for the group.
In mid-2004, the band signed with Beggars Banquet and released Collisons the following year. The rhythm accelerates, the songs stick less to the skin, Calla starts to become known and shoots in Europe. Strength in Numbers (Beggars Banquet, 2007) confirms this new direction, lighter, leaving behind the late evening atmospheres for a few notes roaring cheerfully.