For us, Wild Honey was love at first sight. After listening to just the beginning of “Epic Handshakes and a Bear Hug,” we were head over heels with Guillermo Farré’s songs. How could we not like an album that is so impeccable in both its substance and form? If you take Guillermo’s innate talent as a composer, musician and producer, add the great mixing of Brad Jones (Ron Sexmith, Josh Rouse, etc), and the visual imagination of Pablo Serrat (Grande Graphix) with the artwork, what we have is a well-rounded disc in every sense of the wordAlthough the disc has had a long journey (it was published more than a year ago in an exclusive edition on 180 gr. red vinyl and put together by hand by Guillermo himself), and has been recognized by the specialized press as one of those essential rarities for the refined ear, we had no other choice but to release it on CD and get it out there for the world to hear. Because, lest we forget, here at Lovemonk we wave the flag of “bonitismo” (“beautiful-ism”), and if there’s one thing we know, it’s a good record. And «Epic Handshakes and Bear Hug» is just that.