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THE WARNING – BIRMINGHAM O2 INSTITUTE, 21.04.24
Being an only child, my Black Vel-
vet existence is a far cry from that
of The Warning – a trio of sis-
ters from Monterrey, Mex-
ico. When you don’t have
siblings, your life is so
different from those
that do. The Warn-
ing’s Daniela,
Paulina and Ale-
jandra Villarreal
Velez have been
a band since
2013. They get to
share their expe-
riences travelling
the world with
each other, and
their hard work
and sisterly sup-
port has helped
them achieve
some outstanding
landmarks and
milestones. With
their fourth album,
‘Keep Me Fed’, due
for release at the end
of June, the trio have
worked with producer
David Bendeth, and their
journal of memories in-
cludes supporting the likes
of Guns N’ Roses and
Muse, to name just a couple.
But now, they’re touring
the UK as a headline act in their
own right, selling out shows. After
a support slot from female five-
piece Conquer Divide, who we fea-
tured in issue 109 of Black Velvet,
and who power through songs such as
the invigorating ‘Paralyzed’, the stomp-
ing ‘N E W H E A V E N’ and the menacing
‘system_failure’, the three sisters kick in
with ‘S!CK’ – one of the tracks already re-
leased from the upcoming album. And, imme-
diately, we notice how talented the three girls are.
While each have mastered their own instrument –
Dany on vocals and guitar, Ale on bass, and Paulina
on drums – all three also have notable singing voices.
Throughout the songs, although Dany is the lead vocalist,
Paulina sings a few lines here and there, with the aid of a
microphone headset, astounding everyone with her talents.
Songs such as ‘Z’ have hard, stomping drum beats, while the
goth rock-tinged ‘CHOKE’ sees Dany sing with a very commanding
voice. With the band being only a three-piece, they are quite spaced
out on stage, with Dany and Ale standing on opposite sides of the
stage, behind their microphones. Ale initiates ‘Dust To Dust’ with a be-
guiling bass riff, before Dany’s haunting vocals join the mix. There’s a fuzzi-
ness to the guitars in ‘Automatic Sun’, while ‘MONEY’ kicks off with a till
‘Ka-Ching’, and has a sultry funk to it.
The band have a few songs with Spanish lyrics – ‘MARTIRIO’ being one of
them, bringing their home language to the rest of the world.
The crowd chant ‘Ole Ole’ and ‘one more song’, but the band oblige with two –
‘Narcisista’, another Spanish number, from the album of the same name, released in
2019, before the passionate ‘EVOLVE’, which begins with a razor-sharp riff, features pow-
erful vocals and instrumentation, and gets the whole crowd clapping in time. While the sisters
have been a band for over a decade, they’re still young and it’s still early days. We can definitely
picture them taking over the world in the next few years, mark our words. Catch them now before
they grace much bigger stages. (PS. If we ever had sisters, we’d love sisters as awesome as the
Villarreal Velez sisters).
YYYYY
Shari Black Velvet

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