ARTiST: Buen Chico
ALBUM: Right To Rearrange
BiTRATE: 192kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Faith & Hope
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 57.58 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 39min 24sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-10-02
STORE DATE: 2007-10-15
Track List:
--------
01. Choosing My Religion 2:53
02. Giving Your Gifts 2:14
03. Great Pleasures 3:24
04. Things 3:36
05. Turning Myself Red 3:36
06. Laying Down The Law 2:32
07. Gold From Lead 2:46
08. Killing Somebody 2:34
09. Lurch 2:44
10. Don't Lose Your Faith In 5:08
Goodwill
11. Here Comes Your Boy Again 2:40
12. Drip, Drip, Tick Tock 3:17
13. Things Reprise 2:00
Release Notes:
--------
Buen Chico. An unknown band, originally from a small town, playing a small venue
near you soon. But hopefully not for too long.
A few years ago as the band slogged it out with algebra and anthologies, they
played in local boozers, ancient pubs, trendy bars and social clubs within the
town of Halifax. But with such a small base, it lacked the exposure and the
support of a surrounding scene.
Since those days of emotions and confusing hormones, the band has largely
changed personnel with singer Morgan Tatchell-Evans being the only surviving
member. Buen Chico have since recruited new members, picked up their guitars and
shuffled the short distance to Leeds. But having the ability to make such a
move, it's clear that they must have something special packed away in their gig
bags. And yet they emerged without taking the tempting easy route of the winning
formula- basic structure + repetitive rhythm + meaningless lyrics = more money
and more sales.
Buen Chico are an example of a band that have produced music that is fun catchy
indie-pop, without sacrificing themselves to the dizzy heights of the largely
talentless charts. It's hardly far-fetched or obscure music, but at least there
is evidence of creativity and imagination.
They've stamped and kicked on a basic structure, leaving it in a pool of blood
on the ground, with the screams for help being drowned out by the sounds of a
more superior framework. The simple lyrics have been left perplexed by a more
intelligent and witty group of lexis and the repetitive rhythm has been left
dizzy and confused by more varied, clever riffs. Buen Chico are foot-stomping,
guitar attacking party machines full of jaunty jollity double-decker tunes such
as Giving Your Gifts and Laying Down The Law.
The structure is muddled and interesting, the time signature is neatly
inconsistent and unsettled, carrying lyrics that seem to actually mean
something. "And if you're trying to keep the world flying on in a straight line,
well that's ok as long as you don't do it in my time" just one of a number of
interesting observations packed into Great Pleasures.
Lets not get too excited though - Buen Chico are nothing new. Despite supporting
the Kaiser Chiefs and being played by Colin Murray on Radio 1, they're hardly
going to be genre- or generation-defining. They are not Oasis. But then at least
they're not predictable irritating money makers like The Pigeon Detectives -
just somewhere in between.
And so Buen Chico will never find that winning formula of fame and fortune, but
at least that means they've produced a bunch of songs well worth listening to.