Calexico – The Black Light (Vinyl)
It’s hard not to delve for the clichés when considering Calexico’s signature sound. Based close to the Mexican border in Tucson, Arizona, they make music so redolent of its place that you can almost smell the tortillas, taste the chillis and see the cacti beneath a burning desert sun.
Drums pitter-patter like desert rain and percussion instruments rattle and hum like small reptiles scuttling across the rocky landscape in search of sanctuary. Guitars twang, a carnival organ wheezes, and mariachi trumpets float in and out, adding a colourful Mexican flavour.
This is, to cite another unavoidable cliché, widescreen music – a soundtrack for a roadtrip in an old car through Death Valley, perhaps, or for a yet-to-be-made violent western. A violent one, judging by song titles like Bloodflow, Gypsy’s Curse and Bag Of Death.
Tracklist:
Gypsy's Curse 4:18
Fake Fur 2:36
The Ride (Pt II) 3:08
Where Water Flows 1:57
The Black Light 3:20
Sideshow 2:02
Chach 3:33
Missing 6:01
Minas De Cobre (For Better Metal) 3:09
Over Your Shoulder 4:10
Vinegaroon 1:06
Trigger 2:34
Sprawl 1:27
Stray 2:54
Old Man Waltz 2:29
Bloodflow 5:10
Frontera 4:21
It’s hard not to delve for the clichés when considering Calexico’s signature sound. Based close to the Mexican border in Tucson, Arizona, they make music so redolent of its place that you can almost smell the tortillas, taste the chillis and see the cacti beneath a burning desert sun.
Drums pitter-patter like desert rain and percussion instruments rattle and hum like small reptiles scuttling across the rocky landscape in search of sanctuary. Guitars twang, a carnival organ wheezes, and mariachi trumpets float in and out, adding a colourful Mexican flavour.
This is, to cite another unavoidable cliché, widescreen music – a soundtrack for a roadtrip in an old car through Death Valley, perhaps, or for a yet-to-be-made violent western. A violent one, judging by song titles like Bloodflow, Gypsy’s Curse and Bag Of Death.
Tracklist:
Gypsy's Curse 4:18
Fake Fur 2:36
The Ride (Pt II) 3:08
Where Water Flows 1:57
The Black Light 3:20
Sideshow 2:02
Chach 3:33
Missing 6:01
Minas De Cobre (For Better Metal) 3:09
Over Your Shoulder 4:10
Vinegaroon 1:06
Trigger 2:34
Sprawl 1:27
Stray 2:54
Old Man Waltz 2:29
Bloodflow 5:10
Frontera 4:21
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