I’ll Wait For You in the Car Park pulls the listener into a journey shaped by instruments and everyday sounds. It marks the first collaboration between Argentine cellist and composer Violeta García and Hora Lunga, the project of Swiss sound designer David Jegerlehner. The album defies genre boundaries. The opening track, »I Think I Just Died a Lil Bit«, feels like a landing on an unknown planet. A sustained tone – likely a cello – leads, accompanied by looped electronic textures. Then suddenly, the tension breaks with »Buzz«: 30 seconds of rain-like noise.
This shift sets the tone: we’re dealing with experimental music – a work meant to be experienced as a whole. Despite all its noise, the album remains melodic at its core. »I’m Going Home on Street View« delivers clicks, piano notes, and muted looped vocals. It makes you wonder whether the record is playing correctly – which may well be the point.
Violeta García and Hora Lunga don’t shy away from challenging listening habits. You never know what comes next. On »Buzz 3«, a cat meows. »Buzz 5« follows with the beeping of a hospital heart monitor. »In This Together« could be lifted straight from a sci-fi soundtrack. In »Tuesday Gossip«, strings mingle with the clacking of a typewriter. The final track, »I’ll Wait For You in the McDonald’s Car Park«, begins with piano, while high-pitched, drawn-out strings evoke a haunting sense of loneliness and night. The details behind these soundscapes may only be known to the artists themselves – but their composition succeeds in pulling the listener in and sparking the imagination.
