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With Santa Trinidad, SERCH. opens a new creative phase without abandoning the introspective pulse that permeated Introspectiva (2024). The single, the first preview of No Control—their sixth studio album—functions less as a grandiose declaration than as an internal readjustment: a piece of contained tension, where the band seems interested in refining its identity rather than reaffirming it.
Recorded between Westbest Studios and Sonic Art Studios in Barcelona, the track showcases meticulous production that avoids emotional saturation in favor of textural detail. Miquel Cellalbo’s involvement in production and mixing, along with the sound supervision of Lisandro Montes and Andrés Spee, lends the whole a precise clarity: synthetic layers that don’t overwhelm, measured percussion, and a constant balance between organic sounds and electronic construction.
The addition of Jordi Flores on keyboards and electronic percussion doesn’t feel like an ornamental flourish but rather a shift in the project’s gravitational center. There’s a greater focus on space, the underlying rhythm, and certain electronic nuances that expand SERCH’s vocabulary without breaking with its emotional core.
Rather than seeking immediate impact, Santa Trinidad works from a personal and direct narrative, hinting at an album that could explore control—or its loss—not only as a thematic concept but also as a formal strategy. The music video by Edu Carrasco and Óscar Figueras extends this visual logic already familiar in the group’s imagery: restrained images, discreet symbolism, and an aesthetic that accompanies without over-explaining.
With No Control on the horizon, SERCH seems less interested in completely reinventing itself than in pushing the boundaries of its own musical language.
