Ire

"Brooklyn quartet Combo Chimbita evolve both musically and spiritually on third album IRE, exploring both personal emotional growth and political consciousness as they get deeper into their cosmic blend of psychedelic jazz, heavy rhythms, and sci-fi synths. Sung entirely in Spanish the songs here approach self-affirmation and self-acceptance with the same passionate, revolutionary spirit they have when addressing issues of colonialism and racist power structures ... Combo Chimbita's records up until this point have all been dense and finely crafted fusions of styles and energies, but IRE is especially driven. The powerful, sometimes writhing, and often transcendent sonic landscape the band creates here is their most inspired work to date, brimming with purpose and assertiveness that goes beyond mere entertainment and reaches for enlightenment".

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"Top of the world" - "These four Colombians who met, and started making music together, in New York, have crafted their own slightly-rock, slightly-psych and more than slightly-spiritual form of Afro-Caribbean music-making since their first release in 2016. Carolina Oliveros' vocals are central as she transposes bullerengue into new shapes, finding bliss on an ocean of lolloping bass, cymbal splashes and lazy guitar on 'Oya', but then revved up to fervour on 'Babalawo' as she duels with a Peruvian cumbia guitar lick and sinister synths before the rhythm takes off for a double-time Afro-punk finish ... The songs may lack a strong vocal melody, but this is also part of their charm, leaving you unsure what Oliveros will do next".