Age old Bay Area Ohlone songs last recorded on 78 RPM shift to hot August night backyard quinceañera cumbia grooves and hard rock boogaloo, hand tailored for the Chicano/Native Rock group, Almas Fronterizas.
Bridging a sound that is as much for the Oakland/San Francisco back streets as the ceremonial prayer houses to the glow of LA and back to the people of the rural tribal reservations across the Mexico/United States border. Political underpinnings grace the album as in California Shame, lyrically devoted to the Golden State water crisis and the disastrous effects of water sales and proposed twin tunnel projects that would further divert the Sacramento River for corporate agri-business. Closing track Means Ballad pays homage to American Indian Movement leader Russell Means.
Listen in to the danger and break-neck urgency of Bay Area rockers Almas Fronterizas debut release. Pressed on 200 gram vinyl and in full stereo.
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Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
Swirly tropicália-inflected psych rock from Guadalajara, Mexico's UAY sounds like Thee Oh Sees mixed with Caetano Veloso. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2023
The mallet percussionist and improviser's solo debut is flush with nostalgic melodies and stirring dissonances—a rich, experimental universe well worth exploring. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jan 15, 2021