By Fernie Ruano Jr.
Latin Alternative band La Santa Cecilia has collectively made a push to be heard in recent months, most notably in their plight to back and break the ice on immigration reform.
Now, anybody can listen to their cause with the release of “Trenta Dias”, the Los Angeles-based group anticipated, major-label debut album earlier this week.
‘Trenta’, a bilingual, 8-track production fusing Rock and Bossa Nova, among its diverse mixture of genres and rhythms, plays heavily through the chords of the immigration experience, namely of lead vocalist Marisol Hernandez and accordionplayer Jose Carlos.
Hernandez’s parents arrived in Los Angeles from Mexico without papers and Carlos is undocumented.
“El Hielo” (The Ice), the lead track of the album, details the everyday reality of being an immigrant and the human drama that comes with it through the stories of Rodriguez, Carlos and a family friend, who have gone through life clinging to a ‘hopeless’ dream to driving the streets without a license, as is the case with Carlos.
Carlos, in part the inspiration for “El Hielo”, arrived in the United States at 6 and part symbol for undocumented students, workers and housewives all over the country. The eclectic album also includes “Losing Game”, collaboration with Elvis Costello.
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