CHICANO BATMAN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM INVISIBLE PEOPLE OUT MAY 1 ON ATO RECORDS
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LEAD SINGLE “COLOR MY LIFE” OUT NOW
THE LOS ANGELES ALTERNATIVE MAINSTAYS RETURN TO COACHELLA
EXPANSIVE 30+ DATE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR PRESENTED BY JOHNIE WALKER
TO PLAY TORONTO ON MAY 4
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Photo credit: Chapman Baehler
“With the power of their retro-tinged resistance funk, Los Angeles soul band Chicano Batman present the tropical psychedelia of lead single ‘Color My Life’ makes for a sublime opening statement.” – ROLLING STONE
“Steering their tropicalia-bent indie rock into a glossier pop style, ‘Color My Life’ sounds like a cross of Tame Impala and Neon Indian. Loosely funk synths and bass guide the song through airy percussion.”– CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
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(Toronto, ON – February 25, 2020) – Today, Los Angeles psych-soul four-piece Chicano Batman announce Invisible People, out May 1st via ATO Records. The follow-up to 2017’s critically-acclaimed Freedom Is Free is also their most sonically-varied and cohesive. The record is a statement of hope, a proclamation that we are all invisible people, and that despite race, class, or gender we can overcome our differences and stand together.
For the album, the band worked with Shawn Everett, the GRAMMY-award winning mixing engineer known for his work with Alabama Shakes, War on Drugs, Kacey Musgraves, and Julian Casablancas. With Leon Michels’ (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions) producing and Everett’s mixing steering the record’s direction, the band’s lush Tropicalia-tinged sound has transformed into their most polished and densely layered. Invisible People is an illuminating and encapsulating sonic landscape, one that hasn’t lost the essence that put Chicano Batman on the map.
The group who combine “soul, surf and Tropicália into a raging blend of fire and excitement” (Rolling Stone) are celebrating the announcement with a new single and video for “Color my life.” Directed by George Mays, the video is a psychedelic collage of visuals that sees the band grooving to synths amongst palm tree-studded backgrounds of Los Angeles’ streets, beaches, and boardwalks.
Flaunting their “laid back lounge grooves…R&B with flavors from Mexico or Brazil and a funky swagger” (NPR) that they’ve become so known for, “Color my life” places the listener in a hazy, California dream.
“[It’s a] neck breaker from the future, beckoning a retreat to nature in the apocalyptic dawn,” says lead singer Bardo Martinez of the track and accompanying visuals. “This is Chicano Batman’s new single for all generations past and for all those yet to be born. Everything is everything, brothers and sisters.”
Pre-Order Invisible People HERE
Chicano Batman will embark on an expansive U.S. tour in support of Invisible People which will take the “politically astute” (Billboard) group across both coasts, including stops at New York City’s Webster Hall and LA’s iconic Shrine Auditorium, their largest venue to date at 6,000+ capacity. NPR Music says the band’s live set immerses the audience in a non-stop “groove that gets better and better with each performance,” while Noisey praises the group’s “smooth R&B and soul sides.” After earning a coveted spot in 2015’s Coachella line-up, the band will return to Indio this year to play the Festival this year.
Watch Chicano Batman’s NPR Tiny Desk performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwpqDhko3c
Invisible People Tracklisting:
1. Color my life
2. Blank Slate
3. I Know It
4. Invisible People
5. Manuel’s Story
6. Moment of Joy
7. Pink Elephant
8. Polymetronomic Harmony
9. The Way
10. The Prophet
11. Bella
12. Wounds
PRAISE FOR CHICANO BATMAN
“collide soul, surf and Tropicália into a raging blend of fire and excitement”
– Rolling Stone
“a pitch-perfect voice of the resistance”– Billboard
“a deeper dimension of sly pop culture references, unapologetic Latin pride, and the thoughtful exploration of popular music’s all-pervasive black roots”– Noisey
“laid-back lounge grooves and a funky swagger” – NPR
“You need to know Chicano Batman…with their combination of soul, pop, tropicalia, and psych” – THE GUARDIAN
ABOUT CHICANO BATMAN
Chicano Batman source their high-spirited alternative synthesis from tropicália, West Coast psychedelia, and late-’60s/early-’70s soul. Made up of Eduardo Arenas (bass, guitar, vocals), Carlos Arévalo (guitars), Bardo Martinez (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Gabriel Villa (drums), Chicano Batman has been well-respected locally for the best part of a decade. The group has opened for Jack White, Alabama Shakes, Vampire Weekend and Portugal. The Man in recent tours and has played major festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo. After signing with ATO Records, the group released Freedom is Free in 2017, teaming up with Leon Michels to craft an ambitious sonic experience that enhances the soul and R&B elements of their sound.
CHICANO BATMAN 2020 SPRING / SUMMER TOUR DATES,
PRESENTED BY JOHNIE WALKER
Wednesday, April 8th – Santa Fe, NM -Meow Wolf
Thursday, April 9th – Phoenix, AZ -Van Buren
Friday, April 10th – Indio, CA – Coachella
Wednesday, April 15th – Indio, CA – Coachella/ Fullenwider Auditorium
Friday, April 17th – Indio, CA – Coachella
Wednesday, April 29th – Kingston, NY -BSP Kingston
Friday, May 1st – New York, NY -Webster Hall
Saturday, May 2nd – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
Sunday, May 3rd – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Wednesday, May 4th, Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
Wednesday, May 6th – Detroit, MI – Deluxx Fluxx
Thursday, May 7th – Indianapolis, IN – Vogue
Friday, May 8th – St. Louis, MO – Ready Room
Saturday, May 9th – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
Sunday, May 10th – Minneapolis, MN -First Avenue
Friday, May 15th – Seattle, WA -Showbox
Saturday, May 16th – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Monday, May 18th – Salt Lake City, CO – Metro Music Hall
Tuesday, May 19th – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
Thursday, May 21st – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
Friday, May 22nd – Tucson, AZ -Rialto Theatre
Friday, May 29th – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall
Saturday, May 30th – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
Friday, June 5th – Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Indie Rocks
Sunday, June 7th – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
Tuesday, June 9th – McAllen, TX – Cine El Rey
Wednesday, June 10th – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Thursday, June 11th – Dallas, TX -Granada Theater
Friday, June 12th – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Saturday, June 13th – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Sunday, June 14th – Oklahoma City, OK – The Jones Assembly
Wednesday, June 17th – Orlando, FL -The Abbey
Thursday, June 18th – Miami, FL – The Ground
Friday, June 19th – Tampa, FL -Orpheum
Saturday, June 20th – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Sunday, June 21st – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
Tuesday, June 23rd – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
Wednesday, June 24th – Charlotte, NC -The Visulite
Thursday, June 25th – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Friday, June 26th – Richmond, VA – The National
Saturday, June 27th – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
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