It’s third album time for Los Bitchos, and this time around, they’re doing things a bit differently. Ever since their first album, the Alex Kapranos-produced Let the Festivities Begin, they’ve concentrated on predominantly instrumental music. That record, and the follow-up Talkie Walkie, were mostly wordless affairs, but as a title like Los Bitchos & Friends would suggest, this time they’ve roped in some collaborators.
The result is a record that sounds pretty much like a big, vibrant jam session, in which kindred spirits wander in, lay down some vocals and then wander out again. The music isn’t a radical departure – the band’s trademark mix of Cumbia, surf-rock and disco is present and correct, but the album’s guests seem to push the trio’s music…

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