L.A.'s very own The Bangkok Five is performing this Saturday, March 22 around 10pm at Safari Sam's in Hollywood. Their sophomore album, WE LOVE WHAT KILLS US, is due out May 13 on Long Live Crime Records (distributed by MRI/ Red).
The new record marks the first time the band -- Frost (vocals), Sweeney (lead guitar), Coatez (bass), Blanco (drums), Bobby S. (guitar) -- will release music in two languages, English and Spanish.
Vocalist Frost breaks it down, “I left for Europe when I was a teenager to escape the banality of California life and the feeling that I had no future. I ended up in Spain and lived there for a few years, learning the language, the music, and the lifestyle. I started to DJ at various clubs and picked up a real love and deep respect for the scene. When I came back to Los Angeles, I discovered the Latino culture I loved was here all along, living, breathing and making great art. It was a natural progression to translate WE LOVE WHAT KILLS US into Spanish. This record is about L.A. and what goes on here. To ignore the Latin culture and its people would be to ignore the real Los Angeles.”
Produced by the band along with Manny Nieto (The Mars Volta, The Circle Jerks, The Breeders), WE LOVE WHAT KILLS US was recorded live to tape at Wetandry Studios in Echo Park, California. Manny also engineered and recorded the album.
www.myspace.com/thebangkokfive and www.thebangkokfive.com
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"We Love What Kills Us" is absolutely amazing! The Bangkok Five is going to be doing their first concert with it on the 12th at the Viper Room in LA. If you like good new music, I'd suggest you check this show out!
I totally agree. bangkok five rocks, i'm definitely going to hit up that show. them live is sick.
Bangkok Five is rockin'~ I enjoy their album from the first note through the last echo... If you have an opportunity, catch 'em live!
Mickie
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