Chicano Batman joined host Canyon Cody for a special interview and performance, giving fans details on their 2024 album Notebook Fantasy and upcoming tour, live from the Helpful Honda Sound Space at KROQ in Los Angeles.
LISTEN NOW: Chicano Batman with Canyon Cody @ KROQ's Helpful Honda Sound Space
Kicking off Alternalido with Canyon Cody this past Sunday (3/31), Carlos Arévalo, Bardo Martinez, and Eduardo Arenas of Chicano Batman previewed a few songs from their new album Notebook Fantasy -- out everywhere on March 29 -- including the new tracks "Era Primavera," "Live Today," "Fly," and "Losing My Mind," as well as their 2019 single "Black Lipstick," and 2014's "Cycles of Existential Rhyme." Check out the incredible set above.
After working, as he feels, harder than anyone else over the course of the pandemic and exhausting every socially distant angle they could, Eduardo tells us there's nothing that matches the feeling of “getting live in a room with people… you can't replace it.”
“We record all our music live,” he adds. “’Notebook Fantasy,’ this new record, we did all that live (and we do overdub), but it's what happens in the room. That is the magic that you can't replace.”
Offering some advice for rising artists, Eduardo says, “If you have something compelling to say or play or art or anything or display, go do that and keep doing that, and don't rely on anybody else on the outside to give you that confidence to keep doing that. It's hard when you depend on other people to like you to upgrade your art. You gotta like yourself… put the blinds on, just do it ‘cause you like it. It really pays off.”
“Nobody's gonna feel you unless you feel what you're doing,” adds Bardo. "For me, Chicano Batman was always about doing what I was feeling inside… the words on the paper, this is my experience that I'm writing. I would say, just really dig into yourself. Cheesy but hey, f*** it!”
The band will hit the road this year in support of Notebook Fantasy, with U.S. tour dates kicking off on April 19 at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, making stops in major cities across the country through the end of June. Tickets are available now.
Chicano Batman - Notebook Fantasy tracklisting:
1. Live Today
2. Notebook Fantasy
3. Parallels
4. Beautiful Daughter
5. Era Primavera
6. Fly
7. Lei Lá
8. Tears Away
9. The Way You Say It (Feat. Say She She)
10. Hojas Secas
11. Losing My Mind
12. Fairytale Love
Don't miss Chicano Batman's full interview and performance above, and stay tuned for even more action from the Helpful Honda Sound Space at KROQ right here on Audacy.
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