Almendra II es un álbum de Almendra lanzado en 1970. Grabado en Estudios TNT, Buenos Aires. Producción a cargo de Almendra. Escuchalo completo en LyricStream.
This is a double album released shortly before the band's breakup, where they explore a much rockier, denser, and more experimental sound than on their debut. The album reflects the individual pursuits of its four members, with songs ranging from heavy rock to psychedelia and jazz fusion. It was recorded amid internal tensions, which results in a work that is diverse, chaotic, and fascinating at times.
It includes powerful tracks like 'Rutas argentinas' and 'Parvas', which showcase the musicians' technical evolution and their openness to new international sound currents. The length of the songs extended, allowing for jams and instrumental developments that marked the beginning of what would come in bands like Pescado Rabioso. It is an album that requires multiple listens to be appreciated in all its immense and varied magnitude.
It represents the end of a golden era and the birth of multiple projects that would enrich the national scene in the seventies. Despite lacking the poetic cohesion of the first album, Almendra II is valued for its audacity and its ability to anticipate the future of national progressive rock. Its legacy is the testimony of a band that did not settle for easy success and preferred to follow its creative instinct to the end.