Alejandro Escovedos new album is perhaps his most varied and expansive album to date. It is his first album recorded outside of America, in northern Italy, with co-writer Don Antonio Gramentieri and a band of Italian musicians. It is also Alejandros first ever concept album drawing the story of two young immigrants to the US, who bond over a mutual love of punk rock as they struggle with the racism and discrimination as immigrants. Special guests on the album include Wayne Kramer (MC5), Joe Ely, and Peter Perrett and John Perry of The Only Ones. The sound ranges from straight ahead rockers like, Sonica USA, to ballads like the classic Joe Ely penned, Silver City, and everywhere in between. To describe this album as, "epic," might be an understatement. -
On his scorching, cinematic new concept album 'The Crossing' (Sept 14 / Yep Roc), Alejandro Escovedo tells the story of two young immigrants - Salvo from Italy, and Diego from Mexico - working in a Texas restaurant in pursuit of the American dream. Mirroring Escovedo's own experience as the child of Mexican immigrants, and drawing inspiration from his relationship with Italian co-writer Antonio Gramentieri, their journey navigates cultural identity, ancestral weight, minority rights and racism as they realize they have arrived in a different America - one that's not as open and free as they believed it would be.
Says Escovedo: «Early on I'd play in San Marcos, San Antonio and get all these Chicano kids in denim vests and Iron Maiden patches. I remember thinking they were into us, not necessarily for the music, but for the fact that we were on stage. They loved that we were doing what we were doing.»
Escovedo crossed borders of his own for 'The Crossing' sessions, recording outside the US for the first time ever at a farmhouse in Villafranca, Northern Italy with the help of co-producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Gomez, Iron & Wine). Italian all-instrumental group Don Antonio - helmed by co-writer Antonio Gramentiere - bring the record's narrative to life with their sweeping arrangements, while cameos from Kramer and The Stooges' James Williamson serve as reminders that Escovedo's punk ethos burns bright (both bands name are checked in the lyrics as well). Elsewhere on the record, alt-country pioneer Joe Ely features on both the title track and his self-penned «Silver City», while Peter Perrett and John Perry from UK legends The Only Ones reunite for their first recording in almost 40 years on «Waiting For Me.»
2018 release from the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter. On his scorching, cinematic new concept album The Crossing, Alejandro Escovedo tells the story of two young immigrants - Salvo from Italy, and Diego from Mexico - working in a Texas restaurant in pursuit of the American dream. Mirroring Escovedo's own experience as the child of Mexican immigrants, and drawing inspiration from his relationship with Italian co-writer Antonio Gramentieri, their journey navigates cultural identity, ancestral weight, minority rights and racism as they realize they have arrived in a different America - one that's not as open and free as they believed it would be. Escovedo crossed borders of his own for The Crossing sessions, recording outside the US for the first time ever at a farmhouse in Villafranca, Northern Italy with the help of co-producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Gomez, Iron & Wine).
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Technical specifications
Language
Features
Distribution type
Physical media
Genre
Americana
Media type
CD
Number of optical discs
1 discs
Release date (DD/MM/YYYY)
13/09/2018
Song titles
Disc 1:
1 Andare
2 Footsteps In The Shadows
3 Texas Is My Mother
4 Teenage Luggage
5 Something Blue
6 Outlaw For You
7 Amor Puro
8 Waiting For Me
9 How Many Times
10 Cherry Blossom Rain
11 Sonica Usa
12 Rio Navidad
13 Silver City
14 Fury And Fire
15 Flying
16 Mc Overload
17 The Crossing