{"product_id":"dos-santos-city-of-mirrors","title":"Dos Santos - City of Mirrors","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThis album is an assemblage…\u003cbr\u003e…glimpses of tradition\u003cbr\u003e…reflections on our collective present\u003cbr\u003e…luminous echoes between love and solitude.\u003cbr\u003ehope and absurdity.\u003cbr\u003eeuphoria and mourning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album grapples with and transgresses these binaries because we have\/and continue to cross borders. Yet, for us, the border is no metaphor—too much real staring back at us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe embody the border.\u003cbr\u003eWe (our families) have crossed it.\u003cbr\u003eWe (our stories) are coated with its residues.\u003cbr\u003eAnd so… we cross the border of self through our art—out of necessity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album was imagined while touring the country as families were corralled in cages.\u003cbr\u003eWe then fled the wildfire of a nascent pandemic poised to (especially) ravage our communities as we recorded in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003eAnd our sonic journey concluded in Chicago while the country rebelled against the murderous consequences of policing in\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe U.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough this cascade of tipping points and tragedy, we summoned melody and verse to sound out verdant technicolor dreams of freedom and desire, mirroring the vortex of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd borders were at the center of these struggles.\u003cbr\u003eBorders—of nation, of belonging—are the struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so, this album is a set of dispatches from that wondrous journey…\u003cbr\u003e…our journey across and into a sunburst surreal.\u003cbr\u003e…our astral meditations on loss and triumph.\u003cbr\u003e…our sonic trek across a landscape of trauma and effervescence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e…The border divides and defines places—yes. But it is equally a place unto itself—a borderland.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the forbidden place where we dwell.\u003cbr\u003eThe enchanting space where we are at home.\u003cbr\u003eThe bustling city where we reflect.\u003cbr\u003eLook into our mirror. See us in you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased October 15, 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlex Chavez – vocals, keyboards, guitars\u003cbr\u003eJaime Garza – electric bass\u003cbr\u003eNathan Karagianis – guitars, sampling, programming, keyboards, vocals\u003cbr\u003ePeter “Maestro” Vale – congas, percussion\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Villarreal – drums, percussion\u003cbr\u003eElliot Bergman – baritone saxophone (track 2), clarinet (track 4), upright bass (track 13)\u003cbr\u003eMartín Perna – baritone saxophone (track 4), flute (track 5)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by: Elliot Bergman\u003cbr\u003eRecorded and Edited by: Michael Craver \u0026amp; Elliot Bergman\u003cbr\u003eMixed by: Michael Craver\u003cbr\u003eMastered by: Dave Cooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Artwork by: Amara “Rebel Betty” Martín\u003cbr\u003eAdditional Artwork by: Estudio Pneuma\u003cbr\u003eDesign by: Jeremiah Chiu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDos Santos extends their deepest and most heartfelt gratitude to everyone who supported the making of this album—families, partners, friends, and compañerxs musicales. In these times, we offer this music and these words in the spirit of creating a world otherwise. Paz.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"IARC0042 - Classic Black vinyl LP","offer_id":52121001165074,"sku":"IARC0042LP","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"IARC0042 - Adobe Dust color vinyl LP","offer_id":52121001197842,"sku":"IARC0042LPS","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"IARC0042 - CD","offer_id":52121001230610,"sku":"IARC0042CD","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"IARC0042 Digital Download","offer_id":52121001263378,"sku":"IARC0042","price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/6989\/0578\/files\/a2161848306_10.jpg?v=1773704021","url":"https:\/\/shop.intlanthem.com\/products\/dos-santos-city-of-mirrors","provider":"International Anthem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}