Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Datura

Released 16th June 2023

Mexican duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete make a very welcome return on June 16 with their sixth album, Datura. Recorded at theirhome studio in Ensenada, Baja California, it was mixed in Canada by Jace Lasek of The Besnard Lakes and mastered in Australia byMikey Young of Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Total Control, among many others.

Its a short, sharp shock of a record with no unnecessary adornments and no fat on any of its eight songs. Gone are thepsychedelic wig-outs found on previous releases, replaced with bass-heavy post-punk grooves inspired by the roots of The Congos,the no wave of Ike Yard, the industrial hip-hop of Dlek and the dark modular moves of Hiro Kone, all while harnessing the elementalpower of Jon Hassells Vernal Equinox.

One of the rules that we had when writing was to keep the songs minimal in terms of instrumentation, explains guitarist AlbertoGonzlez. We didnt want to do overdubs and