Ricky Shimo may be on your radar because of his great, noisy psychedelic rock band Lenguas Largas. Anchorbaby is a bit different, more stripped down and all Shimo’s creative vision. If his new single “Paranoia de Nuevo Americano” is any indication, it’s a more direct songwriting style reminiscent of early offerings from The Soft Moon. The driving, mid-range accented bass line, the lyrics in Spanish, the urgency of the vocals and the fuzzed out yet ethereal guitar work suggests a menacing landscape reflective of the way Shimo felt when he first moved to the United States. There’s the image the nation likes to project and insist is true then there’s the reality of life in the USA, especially if you’re an immigrant from any part of Latin America. That Shimo named this project Anchorbaby is political and the song title is easy enough to suss out unless you’ve managed to get through life living in the USA picking up no bit of Spanish and are completely clueless about the shared linguistic roots of English and Español. All of the Americas are polyglot, multi-racial, multi-ethnic societies whether certain people want to accept the reality or otherwise and this song speaks directly to those tensions over such considerations. Look for the album Groovysmo out soon on Midtown Island Records. Listen to “Paranoia de Nuevo Americano” on Bandcamp and follow Anchorbaby at any of the links below.
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