[Cover photo credit to Tom Mitchell]
The London-based, internationally assembled instrumental four-piece Los Bitchos have announced their second album, Talkie Talkie, set to arrive on August 30, 2024 via City Slang! New single, “Don’t Change,” the second shared from Talkie Talkie, is out now.
The announcement comes just ahead of a performance Los Bitchos will do this Friday, June 7th on French TV’s ARTE Ground Control, alongside The Lemon Twigs and Fat White Family. Fans can tune in at around 9:00 PM CET to catch their performance of a few songs from the new album.
The new album tours through Funk, disco, Latin and Turkish rhythms. Named after a fictional club of the same name, Talkie Talkie imagines “a place where partygoers can escape reality in the dance.”
At the center of Talkie Talkie is a cinematic universe that takes inspiration from the band’s favorite aesthetic era: the ‘80s. The four-piece especially tapped into the sonic innovation happening during that period, where analogue and digital techniques collided.
Talkie Talkie’s recording process happened over a short but intense period of time in London’s RAK Studios and Lightship 95. Over just one month, the band worked with producer Oli Barton-Wood (Wet Leg, Nilüfer Yanya) and engineer Giles Barrett (Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective) to render the demos into final form.
The band shares the following about “Don’t Change,” which comes accompanied by a video by Tom Mitchell:
‘Don’t Change’ is a pure bliss track; think holiday vibes with ice creams, beach balls, sunsets and margaritas. It’s feel-good, with sun soaked melodies, vibrant arpeggiator synth bass, and layers of percussion. We had such a fun time making the video, making up little dances and frolicking about in the sand and sea!
LOS BITCHOS LIVE DATES:
07.13.24: BBK, Bilbao, ES
07.27.24: Deershed, Yorkshire, UK
08.02.24: Prestoso, Xedre, ES
08.11.24: Boardmasters, Newquay, UK
08.15.24: Parades De Coura, Parades, PT
08.17.24: Langs Akerselva, Oslo, NO
08.31.24: Nox Orae, La Tour de Peliz, CH
09.03.24: Rough Trade East in-store, London, UK
09.04.24: Rough Trade in-store, Liverpool, UK
09.14.24: Plissken Festival, Athens, GR
09.15.24: Poplar, Trento, IT
North America:
09.22.24: Washington, DC – Black Cat
09.23.24: Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
09.26.24: New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
09.27.24: Montreal, QC – Pop Montreal Festival (at MDP sur De Gaspé w/ The Fleshtones)
09.29.24: Toronto, ON – Great Hall
10.01.24: Seattle, WA – Crocodile
10.03.24: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
UK / Europe:
10.19.24: Future Days Festival, Birmingham, UK
10.20.24: Button Factory, Dublin, IE
10.22.24: The Grove, Newcastle, UK
10.23.24: Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
10.24.24: QMU, Glasgow, UK
10.25.24: Irish Centre, Leeds, UK
10.26.24: O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK
10.28.24: Junction 2, Cambridge, UK
10.29.24: The 1865, Southampton, UK
10.30.24: SWX, Bristol, UK
11.01.24: Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
11.02.24: Lido, Margate, UK
11.07.24: O2 Forum, London, UK
11.12.24: La Cigale, Paris, FR
11.13.24: Stereolux, Nantes, FR
11.14.24: Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, FR
11.15.24: Locomotiv, Bologna, IT
11.16.24: Mascotte, Zurich, CH
11.18.24: Strom, Munich, DE
11.19.24: Wuk, Vienna, AT
11.21.24: Palac Akropolis, Prague, CZ
11.22.24: Festsaal, Berlin, DE
11.23.24: Niebo, Warsaw, PL
11.25.24: Knust, Hamburg, DE
11.27.24: Debaser, Stockholm, SE
11.28.24: Cosmopolite, Oslo, NO
11.29.24: Pustervik, Gothenburg, SE
11.30.24: Small Vega, Copenhagen, DK
12.02.24: Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, NL
12.03.24: Gebaude 9, Cologne, DE
12.04.24: AB Box, Brussels, BE
12.06.24: Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
12.07.24: Aeronef, Lille, FR
