Generally, I'm fairly ignorant of international music. It's not an anomaly or something I actively try to avoid, it just generally falls off the wayside if it isn't anything I can familiarize myself with. And outside of Sigur Ros, I can't name five non-English speaking artists that have been followed with due diligence in the past few years. And I don't know how, but I feel like an asshole.
Glazing over the litany of year-end lists that are pretty much everywhere at this point, I came across Spanish band Guadalupe Plata and there ridiculously engrossing single "Casino El Camino (Parte 2)," thanks to Rollo & Grady. And although the feeling may be temporary, for some reason I feel like I've done something better by genuinely liking what I was hearing.
Straight-forward, Guadalupe Plata are a blues band, and not much else. But whenever that distinction is noted, it usually comes across as some half-blend of the 1950s definition - you know, boring. And while the Spanish band's sounds are fairly familiar, that isn't to say they aren't genuinely enjoyable.
You can download the band's self-titled album over at their Bandcamp page for free, which includes a very NSFW video in the download. See for yourself, or listen below.
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