Here’s something confusing: Irreal, the punk band from Barcelona, has nothing to do with Canal Irreal, the punk band from Chicago led by Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos and Limp Wrist. Both bands make punk rock and sing in Spanish — “Irreal” is Spanish for “unreal” — but the Barcelona Irreal sound a whole lot more like Los Crudos than like Canal Irreal. The Barcelona Irreal make raw, furious, straight-ahead hardcore punk, and their forthcoming album should be an absolute ripper.
