Are you ready Nic? Uh-huhJosefine? YeahSerra? OkayAlright Augustina, let's go!
Los Bitchos have delivered a second brace of singles to herald the arrival of album #2, Talkie Talkie, at the end of August.
Kiki, You Complete Me recreates Grand Theft Auto as an arcade game called Miami Drive, the song itself effortlessly soundtracking the breakneck race around the city.
1K! evokes the family holiday home movies of the 60s and 70s, although Los Bitchos clearly didn't film this in Weymouth or Tenby, my regular haunts as a kid. This one reminds me a little of Pista (Fresh Start), the first song I heard by the band, mixed up with some Spaghetti Western spices and simmered gently.
La Bomba is like a bath bomb dropped into hot water, an explosion of fizzing influences and inspiration. In just over two minutes, you get hints of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA, Ring My Bell by Anita Bell and Rasputin by Boney M. The video (and the cover of the single) throw in a nod to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen but it's otherwise it's a smorgasbord of 80s stylistic nods throughout.
Sticking with the 80s, sonically and visually, Don't Change is a bit of a red herring as Los Bitchos' sound has inevitably evolved since their debut album. It's so much bigger and bolder yet has lost none of the charm, energy and straight out fun of their previous recordings. The video for Don't Change matches the joie de vivre beat for beat, Serra's 'inflatable guitar solo' in the lapping surf is hilarious.
Los Bitchos played a brilliant set at Glastonbury last year. I can only find one song remaining online, but it's a doozy, the opening song of their first album, Let The Festivities Begin. titled The Link Is About To Die.
If you've got just over half an hour to spare, then I'd also recommend the set Los Bitchos performed for ARTE Concert last month, which includes performances of La Bomba and Don't Change, alongside the aforementioned Pista (Fresh Start) and The Link Is About To Die as well as the AA-side of last year's Pah! single - and a rare vocal outing - Tequila.
1:28 FFS
4:25 The Link Is About To Die
10:30 La Bomba
13:10 Lindsay Goes To Mykonos
16:31 Don't Change
20:25 Pista (Fresh Start)
24:05 Tripping At A Party
26:55 Let Me Cook You
30:40 Las Panteras
35:18 Tequilla
Los Bitchos are in the UK this weekend for the Deer Shed festival in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire and return for a full-on tour in October and November. Sadly, the latter dates coincide with a planned Clan K holiday so I won't get to experience Los Bitchos live this time around, but the album's on pre-order.
My uncle ran the (long closed) island zoo in Tenby for a few years in the early-mid 1970s. Happy days.
ReplyDeleteWow! I only recall going there once during my family holidays. We were part of a larger party of families, containing a high density of twitchers, so we invariably went on bird watching jaunts along the coast or over to Skomer Island to see the puffins. I 'researched' the island zoo online after your comment - what a fascinating history, Ernie!
DeleteWe only visited a couple of times but I remember the zoo fondly. I don't recall going to Skomer Island but we may have done, it was a long time ago.
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