Fillas de Cassandra

• Name — Fillas de Cassandra • Origin — Vigo, Galicia, Spain • Genre — Folk, Electronic, Pop • Years Active — 2022–present • Label — Altafonte • Current Members — * María Pérez (María SOA) • Sara Faro

The duo formed in Vigo after meeting at an event organized by Feminismo Unitario, a feminist platform based in the city, to which both had been invited to perform separately. Pérez proposed that they perform a song together, and after an impromptu joint performance the two decided to formalize a partnership. Their first official concert as Fillas de Cassandra took place on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, at an event organized by the Vigo city council. They adopted the name Fillas de Cassandra before having released any recorded material together.

Fillas de Cassandra's sound has been described by the artists themselves as "electronic pop music of traditional roots with vocal harmonies" (música pop electrónica de raíz con harmonías vocais). Their compositions draw on the repertoire of Galician oral tradition, including forms associated with cantareiras and pandereteiras (traditional female singers and frame drum players), blended with electronic production, piano, and contemporary pop structures. Sara Faro plays voice and percussion, principally the pandeireta (a Galician frame drum); María Pérez plays voice, percussion, and piano. The duo conceive of their live performances in theatrical terms, with choreographed movement between instruments and deliberate staging. Their stated musical influences in the traditional sphere include Xosé Lois Romero e Aliboria, Leilía, Baiuca, and the album Contrapunto by Tanxugueiras. In harmony they cite Baroque music as a reference, and in electronic production they name Rosalía and Bad Gyal.

Fillas de Cassandra released their debut album Acrópole in February 2023, produced by Berto (of the Galician duo Verto) and released through Tremendo Audiovisual under the cooperative label Nave de Lata. The album consists of ten tracks, each named after a figure from Greek mythology — Cassandra, Antigone, Lysistrata, Pandora, Echo, the Moirai, Daphne, and Syrinx — and uses these mythological frameworks to draw parallels between the experiences of women in antiquity and those of women in the present. The album was launched with a concert on 4 March 2023 at the Sala Capitol in Santiago de Compostela. Prior to the album's release, the duo had built an audience entirely through live performance, having given approximately fifteen concerts without any recordings available on streaming platforms. The first single released from the album was "II. Lisístrata (Varre Vasoira)", published on 9 September 2022, along with the track "Antígona".

In 2025, the duo released Hibernarse, an expanded project in EP, fanzine, and film format, described as a reflection on the creative pause necessary between artistic processes.

In 2026, Fillas de Cassandra released their second full-length album, Tertúlia, with shared musical production by Çantamarta and distributed through Altafonte. The album is described as exploring everyday life, evoking the informal sociability of neighborhood conversation and communal dancing.