Chances are you haven’t heard music that resembles what K Records band Tía Rosa are crafting. Minimalist, childlike and playful, they call their sound “música para gozar” – or “music for enjoying” in English.
That accurate description of Tía Rosa’s tranquilizing sound belies the hard work that band members JJ, Gabriel Gutierrez and Sam put into the making of their music, the latest of which came out Friday in the form of their new LP, Thirteen Automatic Dreams.
With a record that reflects an innocent, pleasant and serene world that could not be more unrepresentative of the one in which we currently live, listening to Tía Rosa is the equivalent of eating lotus leaves.
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