One of the most attention-grabbing Spanish female artists of recent times,
Bebe remains fiercely idiosyncratic on her third album,
Un Pokito de Rocanrol. Recorded in Paris with French producer
Renaud Letang (
Feist,
Jane Birkin,
Vampire Weekend,
Gonzales), the album restlessly alternates between sunny and oppressive minimalist grooves, and indiscriminately flirts with trip-hop and electronica. Lead single "K.I.E.R.E.M.E." is perhaps one of the less inspired moments of this collection of vibrant, percussive tracks highlighted by
Bebe's trademark delivery, such as the sexy R&B "Mi Guapo,'' the punkish "Compra/Paga,'' and the ballad "Sabrás." ~ Mariano Prunes