CANCIONES DE AMOR, LOCURA Y MUERTE [LP]

Vinyl LP pressing. +Donde estan ARDILLAS' We hope somebodyAEs seen aeem recently. Legend goes that these Puerto Rican rodents (formed ten years prior to Davila 666 with whom they share members) like to take their time, hitting the studio to record their first album (2011AEs self-titled LP on Cha Cho Records) a decade after their inception, and laying down this second, mucho overdue album somewhere on the far side of inbetween. That bygone session produced this tenderly rocking beauty oCanciones de Amor, Locura y Muerte,o and itAEs been worth the wait! +Donde estan' opens the set with a gang vocal driven mid-tempo twist sweeter than a tray of mantecaditos, and the swivel donAEt surrender until the reprisal of oLinda Ni?ao - a loving but pumping island anthem first released as a Slovenly single long ago in sunnier times. If youAEve ever happened across Ardillas on stage, you know well (and youAEll never forget!) that whatever delicate care theyAEve serenaded you with is a decoy vehicle for sweaty and swinginAE rockAEnAEroll licks from the Chuck Berry-cum-FlaminAE Groovies School oAE Truth. Our muchly esteemed greasers even manage to abort balladry and muster sneers for the mean streets on oEntregate a la Perdici'1/2'n,o and the twangy aen gallopinAE oLa Ruta.o +Donde estan ARDILLAS' How much time has to pass before their next appearance, live or waxed' Chipmunks only come out when they want, but itAEs always better late than never.'