Latin Playboys

The s/t is better, I agree, but I'd buy a reissue of the second one anyway. Are there any current bands doing this sort of avant / stoner blues stuff? I described this album to someone who'd never heard it as "a lot like a good Tom Waits album without Tom Waits." That doesn't totally cover the breadth of what this band does, of course, but it's a good start, I think.

love the album, didn't buy the vinyl was wondering if it was just a CD rip? (didn't look to have much about the process)
how does it sound?

also, that seems like one of those RSD releases that's gonna be in stores forever

The self titled is better, but Dose has Mustard, my alltime fave. That could be a hit.

love the album, didn't buy the vinyl was wondering if it was just a CD rip? (didn't look to have much about the process)
how does it sound?

also, that seems like one of those RSD releases that's gonna be in stores forever

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, April 26, 2018 3:14 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It sounds fine, but could very well be a CD rip. If you're looking for "it's like hearing the album again for the first time" levels of remastering or something, this definitely ain't it, at least not to these ears. But the pressing itself is solid: no noise, nice and loud. You probably don't need it if you have it on CD or digital.

And I too thought it would be one of those ubiquitous-forever-and-eventually-marked-down RSD titles but I went to three stores and only one had it, and only two copies. Of course, that could just mean stores weren't ordering it.

Where did I see this described as a sort of East L.A. "Another Green World?" Because it sort of is.

Thanks for reminding me of these guys. I liked the first lp alright but the song I truly loved was "Mr. Wobble" off the 'End of Violence' soundtrack.

Where did I see this described as a sort of East L.A. "Another Green World?" Because it sort of is.

Not quite - even at it's strangest, Latin Playboys sounds earthier and more familiar - but a great album nonetheless. I like Los Lobos' Kiko even more, but in a lot of ways, I prefer Latin Playboys over everything else they've done by a good margin. I don't know why everything works so well here and on Kiko - Froom's production can seem too mannered and self-conscious elsewhere.

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I like it , but not sure about that Eno comparison

In the sense that there are lots of different moods and fragments, I guess.

had never given the s/t a spin, file under what was the last 'classic album' you got and were knocked out by?