The Velvet Ones are back.
After a foray into techno and trip-hop, Aterciopelados have returned to their alt-rock roots with their first studio album in five years.
"Oye" or, "Listen" in English, features up-tempo rhythms mixed with minor key melodies, political criticisms wrapped in pop-bass riffs, and whispers throughout of flutes and indigenous drums.
It is this unique sound that has helped the multiple Grammy-nominated Aterciopelados maintain their popularity and integrity as one of Latin America's top alt-rock bands for more than a decade.
"Oye is a call to attention, to wake up to things that are going on around us, our society, the environment, consumerism," Aterciopelados' singer and guitarist Andrea Echeverri said. "It's also an invitation to listen .
.. after five years without an Aterciopelados album.
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"Oye" is a strange balance of opposing elements woven together by Echeverri's sultry and powerful vocals.
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