Yo Soy * by Caf? Tacuba

Yo Soy * by Caf? Tacuba

Audio Mixer: Joe Chiccarelli. Whatever the logic, whether it be a stopgap between studio albums, record company ambition, or the band's own desire simply to see a fine album revisited in a new context, the 2009, ten-year anniversary re-release of Caf? Tacuba's brilliant YO SOY is reason to celebrate. This set was half of a package that included another whole album, the wildly experimental REVES. It was YO SOY, however, that garnered the hit singles "La Locomotora" and "La Muerte Chiquita," and helped earn the band a Latin Grammy. YO SOY is chock-full of the kinds of catchy, quirky, truly unique songs that have made Caf? Tacuba a brand name in Latin music in general, and a favorite of American critics. Tight, stop-on-a-dime changes and melodic shifts are woven into tightly knit songs where standard rock instrumentation is expanded upon with the use of folk instruments. From straight-up modern rock bordering on punk, to gorgeous sons interpreted for a new generation, to norte$o ballads and danzons, to spra...

Yo Soy * by Caf? Tacuba
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