Los Fancy Free
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Where we last left off in my series of a Spanish Summer, Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada brought a mostly instrumental Spanish soundtrack and Natalia Clavier brought such a lovely Argentinian voice. With this entry, I am hoping to introduce you to the psychedelic 60s sounding Mexican pop music of Los Fancy Free. I like how their name actually sounds like a bastardized version of 'footloose and fancy free'.
Nevergreens Vol 1, Los Fancy Free's third album, is only the first of a series of what singer Martin Thulin describes as a journey by train: "You leave the downtown station... travel though suburbs and industrial areas.. Suddenly you reach the countryside; open landscape... a forest, a lake... a village... the sea and then maybe a new city."
The second volume promised to be released later this year and will include a 10 minute version Dire Straits' first single, "Sultan of Swing".
Anyway, it seems that the band's primary fan base are in Mexico, but I think most of the songs on this new album are in English, they have more international appeal.
I thought "Beatle Suit & Purple Boots" was very catchy, but instrumentals like "Bona's Psychedelic Breakfast" seems to only serve as transitional arcs. As Thulin described this as a musical journey, I would have to agree. Destination "JAJAJA" is my favorite location, it sounds like a big cultural-clash party big city.
Check out the video for "JAJAJA", the audio is slightly different at the end when his head goes into the pot. It is directed by Volver:
Also, judging from the various live photographs of the band, they seem like a pretty wild band, especially Thulin, who seems to like to undress on stage. It's too bad I do not see any live concert listing as of this writing.
I couldn't find any listing for Nevergreens Vol 1 online, so I'm assuming it's in limited release. According to the band's label, siliconcarne.com.mx: "la primera mitad de 2008" (first half of 2008). You'll notice that Silicon Carne is also currently the home of my favorite Stereo Total[W♥M] in Mexico.
Links:
www.myspace.com/losfancyfree
