A family affair. Father and son. Iván and Andrés. The similarities between the two are evident, but the scenario is the best testing ground to test how they are similar, but also how the proposals of the veteran Iván Ferreiro and the debutant Andrés Ferreiro at the head of his project, Querido, differ.
Vigo-born Iván Ferreiro has defined his unmistakable style throughout a career spanning more than three decades. From indie pop to the authorial pulse, based on perseverance, work and inspiration. "Trinchera Pop" (2023) was one of his most adventurous works, conceived after seven years of silence, with occasional collaborations such as Tanxugueiras, and presented live with his usual band: Pablo Novoa on keyboards, Ricky Falkner on bass, Xabier Molero on drums, Marta Toro on programming and Emilio Saiz and Amaro Ferreiro on guitars. It is, so far, the last chapter of a career that has taken him beyond the echo of Los Piratas, and during which he has collaborated with Pereza, Quique González, Bunbury, Antonio Orozco or Xoel López, participating in styles such as pop, folk, electronic and many other sound languages, on which he has always imprinted his personality.
Something happened when a very young Andrés Ferreiro stepped on the stage of the Náutico de San Vicente, in O Grove, in the summer of 2023, and when he burst by surprise into a Leiva concert to sing a song by Los Piratas. It was, yes, Iván Ferreiro's son, appearing at the front of a band called Querido, which includes Antón Vigara on bass and synthesizers, Roque Ben on keyboards and Raúl Fernández on drums. Andrés cannot deny whose son he is: his voice gives him away, as well as his melodic inclination. The videos of those performances went viral. But Querido is also the result of listening to albums by Egon Soda, Love of Lesbian, Radiohead or Arctic Monkeys. It is worth seeing them live to see what they have to offer, before they release a promising debut album.
