Today, Hermanos Gutiérrez release ‘Low Sun‘, the latest preview of their forthcoming record Sonido Cósmico, produced by Dan Auerbach and out June 14th via Easy Eye Sound. The track arrives right alongside their run at SXSW this week and ahead of their Big Ears debut next week. In April they play a sold-out European tour including a night at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire before hitting the road with Khruangbin and making their highly anticipated appearance in the desert at Coachella.
With its bold percussion — much more prominent than on previous Hermanos Gutiérrez records — ‘Low Sun’ captures a darker, more eerie tension between the brother’s two guitars. Directed by frequent collaborator, Robert “Roboshobo” Schober (Metallica, The Killers, The Arcs), the visuals for ‘Low Sun’ reflect the “hallucinogenic energy” of their music (Rolling Stone), presenting a strange group drifting through different stages of consciousness, attempting to connect with a sort of inner power.
Said Hermanos Gutiérrez of their experience writing ‘Low Sun”’
“While rehearsing in our band room and getting ready for the studio, we were looking for a song which sounded different compared to the other ideas we’d come up with. We intentionally kept the idea as basic as possible, just enhancing the two main parts of guitar and lap steel, therefore trusting in capturing the spirit of the song later while being in the studio with Dan.”
“We didn’t want to set any limits to the song or have too much of a vision of how this song should be. It happens that the narrative you’re trying to build around the song prevents the song itself from unfolding naturally. Looking back now, it was one of the most memorable moments in the studio experiencing how free and easy it felt to create ‘Low Sun’ by adding all these beautiful new layers to it.”
Trust was a key element to creating much of Sonido Cósmico. Elsewhere on the record, the brothers broaden their rhythmic palette: finding inspiration in cumbia and salsa (‘Cumbia Lunar‘), bringing in broader strokes of percussion (‘Until We Meet Again‘), and adding subtle touches of strings (‘Sonido Cósmico‘). For the first time, they composed tracks entirely outside of their Swiss safe haven, writing select tracks entirely in Nashville in the Easy Eye Sound studio alongside Auerbach — a kind of on-the-spot act of creation would not have been possible on previous records.
1. Lágrimas Negras
2. Low Sun
3. Cumbia Lunar
4. Abuelita
5. El Fantasma
6. It’s All In Your Mind
7. Sonido Cósmico
8. Barrio Hustle
9. Until We Meet Again
10. Los Navegantes
11. Luz Y Sombra
12. Misterio Verde
Pre-order Sonido Cósmico here: https://click.ees.link/sonidocosmico
Tour Dates
Mar 16th | Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse (sold out)
Mar 17th | Charlotte, NC – The Underground
Mar 19th | Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson Theatre
Mar 20th | Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Mar 21st | Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
Mar 22nd | Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
Mar 24th | Lexington, KY – Lexington Opera House
Apr 2nd | Barcelona, ES – Parallel 62 (sold out)
Apr 3rd | Paris, FR – Salle Pleyel (sold out)
Apr 4th | Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg (sold out)
Apr 6th | Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg (sold out)
Apr 7th | London, UK – Shepherd’s Bush Empire (sold out)
Apr 14th | Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
Apr 16th | San Diego, CA – The Rady Shell at Jacob’s Park
Apr 18th | San Luis Obispo, CA – Alex Madonna Expo Centre (sold out)
Apr 19th | San Luis Obispo, CA – Alex Madonna Expo Centre (sold out)
Apr 21st | Indo, CA – Coachella Festival
Apr 23rd | Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl *
Apr 24th | Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl *
Apr 26th | Albuquerque, NM – Revel *
Apr 27th | Albuquerque, NM – Revel *
May 7th | Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
May 8th | St. Louis, MO – The Hawthorn
May 9th | Kansas City, MO – The Truman
May 11th | Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
May 12th | Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall (sold out)
May 13th | Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 14th | Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
May 16th | Montreal, QC – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (sold out)
May 17th | Boston, MA – Royale
May 18th | New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel (sold out)
May 19th | New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel
June 14th | Kent, UK – Black Deer Festival
Aug 14th | Coura, PT – Vodafone Paredes de Coura
Aug 16th | Biddinghuizen, NL – Lowlands Festival
* = w/ Khruangbin
Photo credit – Jim Herrington