Making Movies Release Second Single & Music Video from Forthcoming Album “Sala De Los Pecadores”
New York, NY (April 13, 2022) - Today, Afro-Latino rock group Making Movies shares their latest single “Sala De Los Pecadores.” The track is accompanied by an immersive video, directed by William J Stribling - watch/share via YouTube. “Sala De Los Pecadores” comes from their forthcoming album XOPA due June 17 via Cosmica Artists.
“Sala De Los Pecadores” is the second single from XOPA following the classic love song, “Calor.” Via a rollercoaster cumbia-rock, “Sala De Los Pecadores” is a caricature of rock ‘n’ roll rooted in the trope of glamorized excess — something a much younger, long-gone version of Making Movies may have once believed in. “Calor” is going to be featured in the band's PBS music documentary AMERI'KANA, to be aired this month in various markets.
When describing the inspiration behind “Sala De Los Pecadores,” vocalist and guitarist Enrique Chi shared, “not feeling at peace with yourself manifests itself in so many destructive ways. It’s a toxic sweat and if you haven’t slowed down to truly look at yourself, your nervous sweats will leave sores.”
Produced by Ben Yonas and mixed by Tchad Blake, XOPA features performances by Marc Ribot, Rubén Blades, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Jeremy Kittel, Martha Gonzales, Asdru Sierra, Dolores Huerta, and Alaina Moore of Tennis.
XOPA is an evolution of the band’s long standing intentions. This record transcends sonic heydays, connects long-ago and geographically distant cultural histories and, in the process, delivers a sound that is undeniably future-forward. XOPA does more than challenge stale musical mores; it eschews them altogether to make room for a broader vision of what music can be.
XOPA builds on the declarations of ameri'kana, its critically acclaimed predecessor. The latter, however, more explicitly tells, while the former instructs more subtly by showing instead. You can hear in the work the ways music connects cultures and crosses borders. And this LP, unlike those before it, is sung completely in Spanish.
Cyclical as is life, so is XOPA. The album embraces the in-between lows as much as one cherishes the highs that’s critical to self-acceptance, to a degree of openness that makes living worthwhile. Making Movies offers a route to this enlightened place. Start by feeling the connections — the history and the future — in the music of XOPA.
Making Movies Tour Dates:
May 13 - Memphis, TN - Railgarten
May 19 - Kansas City, MO - Folk Alliance International Conference
June 07 - Ridgefield, CT - Ballard Park
June 09 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
July 08 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
July 09 & July 10 - Harbor Springs, MI - Blissfest
June 18 - Kansas City, MO - Boulevardia Music Festival
June 25 - Monterrey, Mexico - Machacha Festival
July 07 - Stevens Point, WI - Pfiffner Park
July 09 - Harbor Springs, MI - Blissfest
Sept 30 - Sisters, OR - Sisters Folk Festival
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