Son Rompe Pera
Chimborazo
Second album of Son Rompe Pera, the marimba-smashing band of brothers from Naucalpan, Estado De México, who have single-handedly defined the genre cumbia punk and captivated audiences around the world. The album, named after a street in Naucalpan where a couple of the brothers live/have lived, follows their 2020 debut 'Batuco,' and is also a complete departure from it. While 'Batuco' showcases a more folkloric, traditional sound by way of 9 covers, 'Chimborazo' delivers 12 original tracks that fiercely shake tradition at its roots. Much closer to what the world has come to know of the band's wild live shows, 'Chimborazo' is a mix of modern cumbia, tropical dance beats, hard-hitting punk, psychedelic guitars, traditional Mexican and Colombian rhythms, horns, and a pinch of dub and hip hop. It's an album that is as rebellious as it is reverent- gracefully embracing tradition while ripping it at the seams, one marimba mosh pit at a time. 'Chimborazo' is a celebration of the sounds and their legacies that connect unassuming corners of the world, of tradition and the necessity to mix it up in order to propel it forward, of Mexico, of Colombia, of family, of home, of marimbas, of punk, and the party that is being alive. Released on green with black vinyl.