Payola Desaparecidos

• 1 The Left is Right 02:25
• 2 The Underground Man 02:24
• 3 City on the Hill 03:09
• 4 Golden Parachutes 02:04
• 5 Radicalized 02:49
• 6 MariKKKopa 02:46
• 7 Te Amo Camila Vallejo 03:39
• 8 Ralphy's Cut 03:23
• 9 Backsell 03:14
• 10 Slacktivist 02:54
• 11 Search the Searches 02:32
• 12 10 Steps Behind 02:58
• 13 Von Maur Massacre 02:27
• 14 Anonymous 03:44
• Total Runtime 40:28

Info for Payola

Mehr als zwölf Jahre nach ihrem Debütalbum melden sich die Desaparecidos mit einer Neuauflage ihrer heftigen Fusion aus Protest und Punk zurück. Die Mitglieder der Band um Sänger und Bright-Eyes-Frontmann Conor Oberst waren seit dem Erscheinen des Albums Read Music/Speak Spanish im Jahr 2012 in vielen anderen Projekten verstrickt, sodass sie sich mit einem Nachfolger, ihrem Debüt für das Label Epitaph, etwas Zeit ließen. Die Rage, die leidenschaftliche Unruhe ist geblieben, der Sound indes ist voller, zorniger, noch mehr auf den Punkt gebracht. Egal ob bei Themen wie Einwanderung, Waffenkontrolle, Gesundheitsreform oder Wall Street – Desaparecidos prangern eine „Kultur des Geldes“ in ihrer Heimat USA an. Co-produziert wurde Payola vom langjährigen Mitstreiter Mike Mogis (First Aid Kit, The Faint, Man Man), aufgenommen wurden die 14 Stücke über die vergangenen Jahre in den ARC Studios in Omaha, Nebraska.

Conor Oberst, Gesang, Gitarre
Landon Hedges, Bass, Gesang
Matt Baum, Schlagzeug
Denver Dalley, Gitarre
Ian McElroy, Keyboards

Desaparecidos
Formed in 2001 in Omaha, Nebraska, Desaparecidos released one album, Read Music / Speak Spanish in 2002 on Saddle Creek Records. Though the band never "broke up", they did part ways for several years as members Conor Oberst (vocals, guitar), Denver Dalley (guitar), Ian McElroy (keyboards), Landon Hedges (bass / vocals), and Matt Baum (drums) went on to pursue separate ambitions, including Conor Oberst's career with the band Bright Eyes.

In 2010, Desaparecidos played together again at the Concert for Equality in Omaha (an event organized by Oberst to promote the repeal of then-recently enacted measures to prohibit businesses and landlords from hiring or renting to undocumented immigrants in Fremont, Nebraska). The band embarked on a short summer tour in 2012, and self-released several tracks on singles and 7-inches for the next year. Previously released tracks that are featured on the album are "MariKKKopa", "Backsell", "Anonymous", "The Left is Right", "Te Amo Camila Vallejo", and "The Underground Man".

Payola is the follow-up album to the first and only Desaparecidos album, Read Music / Speak Spanish. Influenced by '70s/'80s punk & hardcore like T.S.O.L. and Cro-Mags; early '80s power-pop the Vapors and Tommy Tutone, Payola was co-produced with Mike Mogis (First Aid Kit, Saintseneca, and 'The Fault in our Stars' Score From the Motion Picture with Nate Walcott); and was recorded in several batches over the past few years. On Payola, the band consciously tackled a wide range of political issues at a much broader scale. It has a greater degree of focus and musicality than the first release. Payola is more raw, louder, and angrier. In addition to the 6 previously released tracks, the album also includes 8 new tracks from the band.

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