Let the Festivities Begin!
The four-piece band exude all the chintzy glamor of a hyper-stylized ’70s B-movie: its members hail from across the globe (Uruguay, Australia, Sweden, London), style themselves like mid-century French chanteuses, and are mainly here to vibe-out, man. But their debut album is seriously captivating: a breezy, all-instrumental tour through retro global psychedelia, from cumbia to Turkish psych to scuzzy surf-rock, furnished by vintage synths and produced by Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos. These are adventurous, evocative jams, calling to mind spaghetti western standoffs and oversized margaritas; there’s also an homage to Lindsay Lohan’s VIP beach resort, naturally (“Lindsay Goes to Mykonos”).
Produced by Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, the multi-national group fuses Argentine cumbia, Peruvian chicha, and Turkish psych into a giddy sound that leans unabashedly retro.
A group of musicians from four different countries (and three continents) who met in London at house parties or through mutual friends, the all-female Los Bitchos were motivated by the prospect of combining their various international music influences -- most prominently surf rock, Argentinian cumbia, Peruvian chicha, and Anatolian rock -- in a genre-defying instrumental rock setting.
Every second of Let the Festivities Begin!, the debut album from instrumental quartet Los Bitchos, is unconventional, rule-breaking, and mind-bending
Musical savants and casual listeners alike will find something spectacular in Let The Festivities Begin!, the debut album by pan-continental London four-piece Los Bitchos.
With a tongue-in-cheek moniker like Los Bitchos you might think you know what this band is all about at first glance. Perhaps, a decidedly unserious and sarcastic hardcore band or a sloppy garage-noise unit, made up of dudes. Au contraire mon frere, you would be sorely mistaken.
A good laugh, and a brilliant testament to cosmopolitanism – it's Los Bitchos. Let The Festivities Begin! is a lot of fun
Los Bitchos brings together four women from different countries who create instrumental rock with a global vibe on 'Let the Festivities Begin!'
Los Bitchos 'Let The Festivities Begin!' Album Review by Adam Williams. The full-length is now available via City Slang and streaming services