Songs like “Quiero” trade-off between English and Spanish with woozy guitars and harmonies anchoring the sweetness of the lyric: “I don’t ever want to change your mind / I want to be with you the way that you are.” It’s as close to a complete picture of love as a song can get, tackling everything from emotional intimacy, curiosity, and sex without a second wasted. The ten tracks on Foam feature silky harmonies from Medina, Rodriguez, and Forero, wistfully romantic lyrics like the yearning plea on the title track (“I really wanna run away with you”), and sunny, honeyed arrangements. Recording and scrapping the record multiple times, the tracks heard on Foameventually took shape as they patiently found their voice. Drummer Pierce Codina joined some time later and after several recordings and mixtapes like 2016’s The Shady Sexyfornia Tapes, the bluesy, drum-looped early tracks gradually evolved into the nostalgic, synth-led rock of Foam. There they met guitarist Guillermo Rodriguez and together, the three became roommates in 2013 and started the earliest Divino Niño demos. Medina sums up the band’s ethos: “We are very driven by feeling: something that’s cozy, at home, and a little sentimental.”Īfter cutting their teeth in southern Florida bands, Forero and Medina decamped to Chicago in 2010 to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Though it’s the first song Medina has ever written that wasn’t somewhat autobiographical, it’s delivered with enough emotion to feel real. Inspired in equal parts by Argentine punk and the narratives of Mexican telenovelas, the personality-filled track is one of the most memorable on the record. The quartet’s Latin American roots seep in throughout the LP’s silky psychedelic flourishes but especially on single “Maria,” which is sung entirely in Spanish. This shows on the entirely inviting, syrupy, and sexy Foam. Now Chicagoans, their rhythmic, soulful-and at times bilingual-Latinx punk songs are a reflection of their continent-spanning bond and proof that Divino Niño couldn’t have formed without unlikely but happy coincidences. There’s undeniable songwriting chemistry between guitarist Camilo Medina and bassist Javier Forero, who met as kids in Bogotá, Colombia and years later reconnected by sheer happenstance after their families had both moved to Miami. I think it's a real credit to a "non english" singing artist if they can grab someone's ear in their native tongue.Divino Niño’s new album Foam feels like catching up with a lifelong friend.
Rich Phil Spector / Beach boys type sounds, blue-eyed soul and pop. The album Variety has some of the best production to come out of the 80s. The City Pop Queen now has some more albums on Spotify. Its nothing new, nothing that's going to change the world - but it's really hard NOT to listen to. Pounding bass and drums, cutting guitars and keys. All girl quartet that play sort of a no frills garage rock n roll style. I've been listening to a collection of their singles and E.P. The new E.P has an added country element to their sound. That do not put the average listener off. Amazingly interesting and intricate songs, Playing some sort of pop-rock-prog hybrid. Moron Police - The stranger and the hightide (e.p)
Massive choruses and enough cool guitar, keys and brass lines you could shake a stick at. Half Past Two play that happy happy sunshine fun Ska-Punk. Seems to be some exciting bubbling of a resurgence in a new wave of Ska happening in the underground.