Los Bitchos Tease Upcoming Album 'Talkie Talkie' With Two New Tracks
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Tom Mitchell
Los Bitchos have released two new songs from their upcoming second album.
Kiki, You Complete Me and 1K are lifted from 'Talkie Talkie', due out through City Slang on August 30. The former is a psychedelic, funk-infused track, while the latter is an '80s shimmering guitar-lead blend of Latin rhythm, psych-rock and disco. Commenting on the first cut, the group said:
"This track feels like the opening sequence of a comic book series. The tom sounds we went for are outrageous, like the ‘pows’ and ‘thwacks’ of a comic strip punctuating the music… think Batman meets Bitchos! Towards the end of the song we extended this chuggy, tension building section and brought out a guitar solo before ending on the comic/video game theme vibe refrain.
"We’ve leaned into the 16 bit video game aesthetic for the video. Serra has always dreamed of writing music for video games.. We’ve started playing this song live at festivals this year and it’s definitely one of the songs we’re all most enjoying playing."
About 1K, the band added: "This is a really shimmery, summer tune. There’s even a can of drink being opened at some point, you can feel the heat and care free vibes. I imagine a gathering with friends, maybe a BBQ, some drinks, people popping by. The drums are quite stripped back for this track, more percussion led."
The London-based, internationally assembled four-piece previously teased the record with Don't Change in June, and April's La Bomba.
Los Bitchos will hit the road in the autumn for a UK and Ireland tour, which includes a show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town on November 7. They also have a number of in-store dates scheduled during the LP's release week. Tickets are on sale now.
This summer, they'll appear at Deer Shed Festival later in July and Boardmasters in August, ahead of a handful of US dates.
Los Bitchos Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sun October 20 2024 - DUBLIN Button Factory
Tue October 22 2024 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Grove
Wed October 23 2024 - EDINBURGH Summerhall
Thu October 24 2024 - GLASGOW QMU
Fri October 25 2024 - LEEDS Irish Centre
Sat October 26 2024 - MANCHESTER O2 Ritz
Mon October 28 2024 - CAMBRIDGE Junction
Tue October 29 2024 - SOUTHAMPTON 1865
Wed October 30 2024 - BRISTOL SWX
Fri November 01 2024 - BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Sat November 02 2024 - MARGATE Lido
Thu November 07 2024 - LONDON O2 Forum
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