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Let The Festivities Begin!

Los Bitchos

Let The Festivities Begin!

Debut full-length album for the London-based instrumental quartet Los Bitchos produced by Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
City Slang
UK Release date
04/02/2022
US Release date
04/02/2022
  1. 9.0 |   Gigwise

    Mesmerising, good-time world music
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  2. 8.1 |   Northern Transmissions

    Quite simply Los Bitchos sum up ‘Let The Festivities Begin!‘ perfectly “it’s about being together and having a really good time.” We’ll raise a garishly coloured cocktail to that!
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  3. 8.0 |   DIY

    The band have gloriously captured on record the irresistible vibrancy of their gigs
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  4. 8.0 |   Dork

    The musical equivalent of Phileas Fogg’s madcap journey around the world in eight days, packed full of eccentricities and never wavering too far from the ridiculous, this is one ride you definitely won’t want to miss
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  5. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Every second of Let the Festivities Begin!, the debut album from instrumental quartet Los Bitchos, is unconventional, rule-breaking, and mind-bending
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A proper fire-starter. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    This is good-time instrumental party music that mixes Turkish Psych, South American cumbia, surf-rock and reggae, sometimes with the poise of Khruangbin but more often with the tequila swagger of a Tarantino caper. Print edition only

  8. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Their aesthetic is refined and tasteful, musically compelling, but also as fun as a Mexican birthday party
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  9. 6.0 |   All Music

    They take a playful, feel-good approach to their creations, which consistently feature circular, danceable grooves
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  10. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    A vibrant, joyful and sometimes camp explosion of colourful sound, which like its title, is a call to let it all go and enjoy the party
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  11. 5.9 |   Pitchfork

    The multi-national group fuses Argentine cumbia, Peruvian chicha, and Turkish psych into a giddy sound that leans unabashedly retro
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