London-based band Los Bitchos are back with a new single. If you’ve seen the band live in the last year you might have already heard “La Bomba,” which updates their globe-trotting instrumental party music sound with some electronic percussion.
“The beginning stabs are what came to me first as I was cooking in my kitchen,” says Serra Petale of the single, which was produced by Oli Barton-Wood (Nilüfer Yanya, Porridge Radio). “There’s something quite heroic and powerful about the opening guitar tone and the stabs underneath them. The twangy guitar tone cuts through the chaotic landscape of claps, pumping disco bassline and dreamy swirling synth sounds. The disco era influence is quite evident in this song, and I think the bassline sets the tone perfectly for this. Structurally the song delivers straight into a chorus (as Nile Rogers said, why wait). We wanted to keep this as close to a classic pop structure as possible, everything straight to the point. The cherries on top are the little ping pong drum sounds (think Ring My Bell, Anita Ward) – they just make the track go off and totally emulate the feelings of euphoria and pure energy running through it.”
You can watch the video for “La Bomba,” which tips its hat to Queen among other things, below.
Los Bitchos will be on tour in North America this fall, including a stop at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on September 26. Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, April 26 at 10 AM local time. Check out their tour schedule below.
Los Bitchos – 2024 Tour
05.17.24: About Pop, Stuttgart, DE
06.04.24: Aucard de Tours Festival, Tours, FR
07.13.24: BBK, Bilbao, ES
07.27.24: Deershed, Yorkshire, UK
08.02.24: Prestoso, Xedre, ES
08.11.24: Boardmasters, Newquay, UK
08.15.24: Parades De Coura, Parades, PT
08.17.24: Langs Akerselva, Oslo, NO
08.31.24: Nox Orae, La Tour de Peliz, CH
09.14.24: Plissken Festival, Athens, GR
09.15.24: Poplar, Trento, IT
09.23.24: Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
09.22.24: Washington, DC – Black Cat
09.26.24: New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
09.29.24: Toronto, ON – Great Hall
10.01.24: Seattle, WA – Crocodile
10.03.24: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
10.19.24: Future Days Festival, Birmingham, UK
10.20.24: Button Factory, Dublin, IE
10.22.24: The Grove, Newcastle, UK
10.23.24: Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
10.24.24: QMU, Glasgow, UK
10.25.24: Irish Centre, Leeds, UK
10.26.24: O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK
10.28.24: Junction 2, Cambridge, UK
10.29.24: The 1865, Southampton, UK
10.30.24: SWX, Bristol, UK
11.01.24: Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
11.02.24: Lido, Margate, UK
11.07.24: O2 Forum, London, UK
11.12.24: La Cigale, Paris, FR
11.13.24: Stereolux, Nantes, FR
11.14.24: Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, FR
11.15.24: Locomotiv, Bologna, IT
11.16.24: Mascotte, Zurich, CH
11.18.24: Strom, Munich, DE
11.19.24: Wuk, Vienna, AT
11.21.24: Palac Akropolis, Prague, CZ
11.22.24: Festsaal, Berlin, DE
11.23.24: Niebo, Warsaw, PL
11.25.24: Knust, Hamburg, DE
11.27.24: Debaser, Stockholm, SE
11.28.24: Cosmopolite, Oslo, NO
11.29.24: Pustervik, Gothenburg, SE
11.30.24: Small Vega, Copenhagen, DK
12.02.24: Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, NL
12.03.24: Gebaude 9, Cologne, DE
12.04.24: AB Box, Brussels, BE
12.06.24: Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
12.07.24: Aeronef, Lille, FR