Israel adds: “I saw this band in the app, German sent me a message because he liked a video I posted, and after that first contact I had a revelatory moment: singing would become my priority. German explains, “we liked his voice because it is honest and clear, it is very special”. Israel, a classically trained musician and student of Music Theory at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, was discovered through the social network Vampr, an app that connects musicians from all over the world who have interests in common. Israel is replacing longtime vocalist and founding member Sebastián Vergara, who stepped down as frontman of Aisles in October, 2018. Germán Vergara, Aisles’ guitarist and producer, points out that they chose this song because “we have rarely played it live and we thought that this was a good opportunity to bring it back and to introduce Israel to our audience”. “This song affects me a lot because when we recorded it, social distancing and the pandemic were starting in Chile –says Israel- The title makes a lot of sense to me, because in these lockdown days, with video calls and contact through social media, you pretend in front of the camera that you are happy, but you are suffering on the inside”. The track, taken from the album In Sudden Walks (2009), has a strong electronic influence from Depeche Mode’s eighties era and blended with the band’s own modern twist. After almost two years of searching, the Chilean rock group Aisles welcomes their new singer, Israel Gil, with the re-recording of the song “Smile of Tears”.

Chile depeche mode 2009