Henri Gonzo és a Papírsárkányok ✳︎ Vízszemü Gyík • N°2 Lemezbemutató

"I loved the rustling strawflowers, the sad and gentle girls, the pulsating bellies of golden-green lizards, the veil of steam, the foam of the clouds."

Henri Gonzo és a Papírsárkányok, a classic indie rock band, is releasing its second album this year. Now in its third year, the band already has fourteen albums, several self-produced music videos, a sold-out show at MÜPA, and numerous major concerts at festivals, dark clubs, caves, and churches across the country under its belt...

Papírsárkányok's second album delves deeper into the beauty of the Hungarian language, drawing inspiration from poetry, visual arts, and their travels. They wander through sculpture parks, riverbanks, the sea, cemeteries, the night, the past, and the present. Fragile but determined, serious and playful, yet always demanding and conscientious. Nothing is left to chance. Every detail is worked out with crystal-clear logic, which may seem random to the uninitiated. It tests the ears and attention of postmodern man, his ability to connect, or perhaps it provides an experience that we can now only expect to discover in good old antique shops.

The songs on the album feature Ágnes Nemes-Nagy, Gyula Juhász, Lőrinc Szabó, and even a poem written in the style of Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. This time, the arrangements are sometimes more dynamic, sometimes even more classical than the first collection of songs, which