The voice is an instrument. The voice is the narrative.

Flipping between at least four different languages, and darting across each others’ vocal ranges, Catalan duo Tarta Relena offer a confounding, exhilarating version of vocal-focused music. Drawing from Gregorian chant, autotune forays, and Drum & Bass, their newest album És pregunta, could’ve been a total mess, but Helena Ros Redon and Marta Torrella i Martínez’s strident voices serve as an awe-inspiring, unshakeable foundation. We talked to them below.