‘Beekeeper’ is a frenetic opener, throwing us into a squall of guitars and drums upon which Tincho’s vocals float, the relentless noise juxtaposed against his even-toned, almost detached delivery. ‘Golden Car’ is more far less hurried, a languid summer number which might coalesce into something more serious if only night should fall, but instead stretches on in the amber light of dusk.

“She drives around in her golden car,
I can barely hear myself over the burn
She picks me up in her golden car
I don’t think anything could stop her
No, we don’t need anything to stop this
I don’t need anything to simmer down
Take me the long way home”

As we described in our previous post, ‘Seattle’ (and its accompanying video) has “a weirded-out 90s vibe, a time of neon-drenched puddles and mass UFO sightings within the dead limits of big cities”, following a loner protagonist moving through these scenes in a dreamy abstraction, “feeling a few notches loose from society”. The catchy ‘Underwater Eyes’ picks up with what seems to be the tale of missed opportunities with a face from televisual advertisements (“I’ve been watching your TV commercial on repeat / Seven years don’t seem too far in my dreams”), while closer ‘We Dono’ returns to the loose-limbed sloppiness of ‘Golden Car’, though here the tone is decidedly more contemplative, the verses building toward the titular expression of confusion.

“I cherish the hard times
Wear them close to my soul
You know I don’t like that
that I’m leaving alone”

Nos Vemos is out now and you can buy it from the Tincho Bandcamp page.

Album artwork by Jen Kinney

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‘Seattle’, a rowdy track of glo-fi pop, comes complete with a video from Chicago-based Ryan Ohm and Weird Life Films (Twin Peaks, Gauntlet Hair, Yawn). Shot onto 16mm film in the Weeping Willows at Elmhurst, IL, the footage has a weirded-out 90s vibe, a time of neon-drenched puddles and mass UFO sightings within the dead limits of big cities. The loner lead character passes through these scenes operating to his own logic, feeling a few notches loose from society and reality and the curious freedom that can bring. As Ohm explains: “Amidst packing bags and hitting a new coast, a boy falls deeper into alien conspiracies while drifting through his mind on his moped. Maybe the fumes are getting to him.”

Still, he manages to conjure enough lucid thinking to dream of something more satisfying, namely escape to the West Coast.

“Ima find a job in see see Seattle
Maybe I will see ya there

I’m waving bye to shit hole Chicago
Baby you don’t even care
I will find another band to take care of me
I will find another girl who never loved me
I will find another band to take care of me
Maybe I will see you there”

Nos Vemos is set for release on the 3rd June and you can pre-order it now from the Tincho Bandcamp page.

Album artwork by Jen Kinney

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