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It 's true. At first listen, especially if you are lost in the street the extraordinary "Algiers" in 2012, the new Calexico may seem a disc of another band. Listening distractedly "Edge of the sun" and you think: "It is they, really?". The move, slow and insightful, discs more body and tex mex to sound more melodic and immediate, the Calexico they did it through " Algiers ", and with this new studio effort seems to have refined the technique of perfect record. No, I'm not exaggerating. The ingredients are pretty much the same as always, but the recipe is different, the elements mixed together with another spirit , and the result tastes so overwhelming as not doing without.
I had promised to write this review of the new band of Tucson without using certain words such as land, boundary, asphalt, dust, etc., but the disc title already says a lot, so here we are: in "Edge of the sun" and Burns Convertino succeed as always to compose songs each time more evocative and suggestive. A magical journey, which starts with the first track "Falling from the sky" made with Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses), and that is a great business card, as was the first single-patchanka mariachi entitled "Cumbia whence the "with good Amparo Sanchez, a member of the Spanish group Amparanoia, exactly.
The album continues with songs like "Bullets & rocks", where we find an old friend of the band, Sam Beam. The song made the leader of Iron & Wine is perfectly in keeping with the spirit of "Tapping on the line", one of the most exciting and immediate steps of the album, which sees the feminine presence of Neko Case, another old friend of the group. With these two songs Calexico show that he had lost none of their cultural and musical, churning out two songs so that fish with both hands in their artistic past (References are records like the EP "In the Reins", so to speak, Incidentally together just to Iron & Wine). Comes the time for the much loved and hated with Latin folk "Coyoacán" - inspired by traditional Mexican, typical of Calexico, certainly, but nice in the middle of the track listing - and the relentless, fast and quick "Beneath the city of dreams "home to the songwriter and guitarist Guatemalan Gaby Moreno. The final disc is not left to chance. There are still many collaborations to explore and there is still time for a relaxing time with the sweet "Woodshed waltz" and to be pampered dall'avvolgente melody of "Never Moon Rises" starring Carla Morrison, young promising pop singer of Mexican descent. Close two goodies worth noting: the hypnotic "World undone", a blues suffered registered with the magnificent Takim, band of traditional Greek music, and "Follow the river" that hosts Nick Urata of Devotchka (remember them yes, the columns Sheet of films like "Everything Is Illuminated" or "Little Miss Sunshine"?).
"Edge of the sun", in conclusion, yes wants to emphasize the artistic maturity of Calexico, but with an eye to those who always have their musical roots. And 'why the band embarked on a journey into the heart of Mexico (to record "Algiers" Instead, they moved to New Orleans), almost to breathe again those territories that have inspired more disks roots as "The Black Light" .
So, no matter if you are in a busy metropolis or in a village in the province, listening to these songs will seem to be catapulted into a world full of nuances, energetic, bubbly but reassuring at the same time. A disc perhaps reflective, in its own way, but always practical in musicality and melodies that carry the songs, some species such as the beautiful "When The Angels played" that sees the collaboration of Pieta Brown & Greg Leisz, flowing fast thanks to continuous change of the music calendar. It will be the natural elements that have always characterized their texts (the borderlands, the streets, the sun ... here we go again) but the Calexico have the ability to describe their surroundings in a manner so lively and easy to render (ce) one of the most amazing things in the world. So either the curve of aging has taken early and we are particularly sensitive, or they are really good. Obvious that this is the second.
TRACKLIST
Falling from the sky with Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses)
Bullets & rocks with Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)
When the angels played with Pieta Brown & Greg Leisz
Tapping on the line with Neko Case
Cumbia de Donde with Amparo Sanchez
Miles from the Sea with Gaby Moreno
Coyoacán
Beneath the city of dreams with Gaby Moreno
Woodshed Waltz with Greg Leisz
Moon never rises with Carla Morrison
World undone with Takim
Follow the river with Nick Urata (Devotchka)
