Mark Waters Of Mijas’ Sangria Furlo: Costa Del Sol Punk Fever Breaks Out

Sangria Furlo are thing of a revelation for confederate Spain and loop retired high-energy stone pinch punk cognition from their guidelines successful Mijas. Frontman Mark Waters brings a life communicative packed pinch celebrated connections, filmmaking occurrence and individual calamity that has ended up down nan band’s unique sound and thing for illustration thing other from nan Costa del Sol before.

Creative start: From Dublin to Swiss boarding school

Mark Waters grew up successful Dublin pinch a mother who worked astatine Irish Distillers and a begetter who served arsenic head wide of Ireland’s nationalist broadcaster RTE. Early family life progressive extended recreation crossed Europe, nan USA, China and nan Soviet Union. Later his begetter took a elder domiciled pinch Eurovision and nan European Broadcasting Union, which led nan family to Belgium and past Switzerland. Mark past attended nan prestigious Institute Le Rosey, wherever he played successful nan teenage set Presque Nul that included Sean Lennon. Waters besides appeared successful schoolhouse plays pinch early Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas. Those experiences still style his songwriting thrust today.

Tragedy shapes a caller set successful Spain

Sangria Furlo formed successful 2022 aft an impromptu jam convention astatine a friend’s location successful Andalucia. Songwriter Mark Cornthwaite, drummer Roly Quesnel and bassist Klas Blomstrand invited Waters on to subordinate connected vocals. Waters wrote his first opus pinch Cornthwaite, called Sangria Furlough, and played it to his adjacent friend, writer and Cream lyricist Pete Brown, who loved it. Just weeks later calamity struck erstwhile Cornthwaite passed distant from a abrupt bosom attack. The remaining members ended up performing for nan first clip arsenic a three-piece astatine his wake. They renamed themselves Sangria Furlo and pushed connected arsenic a set nan likes of which nan Costa del Sol had not produced before. Ukrainian bassist Denys Kyrylenko soon joined, completing nan existent line-up of Waters connected vocals and guitar, Quesnel connected drums and Kyrylenko connected bass.

Film head pinch an awesome telephone interaction book

Waters had already enjoyed occurrence arsenic a film-maker agelong earlier nan band. He directed nan documentary White Rooms and Imaginary Westerns, based connected Pete Brown’s autobiography. The movie features interviews pinch Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Arthur Brown and Martin Scorsese. Waters and Brown besides produced The Cream Acoustic Sessions, a re-imagining of Cream songs recorded astatine Sensible Studios and Abbey Road. Their collaboration continued until Brown’s decease successful 2023, aft they had completed respective much screenplays together.

Debut album, caller EP and engaged unrecorded schedule

Loss of some Cornthwaite and Brown spurred Waters into a imaginative burst. Sangria Furlo released their debut album, Trans European Metal Disco, successful 2025. The grounds tackles themes of injustice, rebellion and individual acquisition done tracks specified arsenic King Bartholomew, Downed Uniform and Song 9, nan second inspired by Waters’ memories of Julian Casablancas. In March 2026 nan set issued their debut EP Dregs, which includes King Bartholomew positive French-language versions of 2 medium tracks and unrecorded recordings.

Those seeking thing caller and large tin drawback Sangria Furlo unrecorded successful Malaga connected Friday, May 15, erstwhile they support legendary US rockers Green Jelly connected their 45th day tour, and who it looks for illustration are coming to Malaga specially to circuit pinch Sangria Furlo. Advance tickets for nan gig astatine Sala Marte (Calle San Nicolas, adjacent to Muelle Uno) are disposable from entradium.com for €20.40.