Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds have announced new album That Delicious Vice which will be out April 19 via In the Red. It’s their first album in eight years, and the first with a new trio lineup of the band which now features multi-instrumentalist Mark Cisneros (ex-The Make Up) alongside longtime drummer Ron Miller.
“Because Mark is playing guitar, sometimes we have songs with two guitars,” says Kid, who has over the years spent time in The Gun Club, The Bad Seeds and The Cramps. “And then sometimes, he plays bass on a bass six [i.e. — the electric bass version of the mariachi instrument, the bajo sexto]. So, that is a new development. We lost a member and decided to try to do it as a three piece — more space, you know?”
The first single from the album is “Wicked World,” a duet with fellow L.A. punk legend Alice Bag. “Yeah, we were around that ground zero, that tight circle of friends,” says Kid, “But there was a lot of cliquiness going on, even though the scene was so small. Everyone knew each other, but I was more with The Screamers and she was more with The Bags and the punk thing. You know, I was more arty farty!” You can listen to that below.
Kid and Alice have a L.A. show at the end of March, and The Pink Monkey Birds will be on tour in the West Coast this fall with Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. All dates are listed below.
That Delicious Vice
East of East
Wicked World
A Beast, A Priest
The Boy Had It All
Silver For My Sister
Ese Vicio Delicioso
The Smoke Is The Ghost
Las Vegas Interlude
Never Said
Murder of Sunrise
Kid Congo & Pink Monkey Birds – 2024 Tour Dates
3/30 Los Angeles, CA – LA Intersections Festival at The Broad Museum (Kid Congo Powers solo with Alice Bag)
10/22 San Francisco CA – Kilowatt *
10/23 Albany CA – Ivy Room *
10/24 Los Angeles CA – Lodge Room *
10/25 Phoenix AZ – The Rebel Lounge *
10/26 Santa Fe NM Tumbleroot Brewery *
*w/ Slim Cessna’s Auto Club