La mula plateada

The story behind

The Silver Mule is not just another track on Divided by Happiness; it sounds as if the band had taken a riff from Joy Division and let it roll down the asphalt of Buenos Aires. The bass kicks in with that line that seems to drag itself forward, as if the weight of the city were pushing it ahead, while the drums set a rhythm that never quite settles. Luca Prodan’s voice doesn’t sing about something—it screams it from somewhere between the corner of a bar and midnight. There are no adornments here: the sound is raw, as if the album had been recorded in a single take, with no time to polish the details.