Los Angeles psych-soul four-piece Chicano Batman has announced their new album Invisible People, out May 1st via ATO Records. The follow-up to 2017’s critically-acclaimed Freedom Is Free is also their most sonically-varied and cohesive. The record is a statement of hope, a proclamation that we are all invisible people, and that despite race, class, or gender we can overcome our differences and stand together.
For the album, the band worked with Shawn Everett, the GRAMMY-award winning mixing engineer known for his work with Alabama Shakes, War on Drugs, Kacey Musgraves, and Julian Casablancas. With Leon Michels’ (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions) producing and Everett’s mixing steering the record’s direction, the band’s lush Tropicalia-tinged sound has transformed into their most polished and densely layered. Invisible People is an illuminating and encapsulating sonic landscape, one that hasn’t lost the essence that put Chicano Batman on the map.
The group who combine “soul, surf and Tropicália into a raging blend of fire and excitement” (Rolling Stone) are celebrating the announcement with a new single and video for “Color my life.” Directed by George Mays, the video is a psychedelic collage of visuals that sees the band grooving to synths amongst palm tree-studded backgrounds of Los Angeles’ streets, beaches, and boardwalks.
Invisible People Tracklisting:
1. Color my life
2. Blank Slate
3. I Know It
4. Invisible People
5. Manuel’s Story
6. Moment of Joy
7. Pink Elephant
8. Polymetronomic Harmony
9. The Way
10. The Prophet
11. Bella
12. Wounds
CHICANO BATMAN 2020 SPRING / SUMMER TOUR DATES
PRESENTED BY JOHNIE WALKER
^w/ CRUMB
*w/ Le Butcherettes
Wednesday, April 8th — Santa Fe, NM —Meow Wolf
Thursday, April 9th — Phoenix, AZ —Van Buren^
Friday, April 10th — Indio, CA — Coachella
Wednesday, April 15th — Indio, CA — Chella
Friday, April 17th — Indio, CA — Coachella
Wednesday, April 29th — Kingston, NY —BSP Kingston*
Friday, May 1st — New York, NY —Webster Hall*
Saturday, May 2nd — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club*
Sunday, May 3rd — Philadelphia, PA — Union Transfer*
Monday, May 4th— Toronto, ON — Mod Club*
Wednesday, May 6th — Detroit, MI — The Magic Stick*
Thursday, May 7th — Indianapolis, IN — The Vogue*
Friday, May 8th — St. Louis, MO — Ready Room*
Saturday, May 9th — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall*
Sunday, May 10th — Minneapolis, MN — First Avenue*
Friday, May 15th — Seattle, WA —Showbox*
Saturday, May 16th — Portland, OR — Crystal Ballroom*
Monday, May 18th — Salt Lake City, CO — Metro Music Hall*
Tuesday, May 19th — Denver, CO — Gothic Theatre*
Thursday, May 21st — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl*
Friday, May 22nd — San Diego, CA — SOMA*
Friday, May 29th — Los Angeles, CA — Shrine Expo Hall^*
Saturday, May 30th — San Francisco, CA — Warfield Theatre^*
Friday, June 5th — Mexico City, MX — TBA
Sunday, June 7th — El Paso, TX — Lowbrow Palace*
Tuesday, June 9th — McAllen, TX — Cine El Rey*
Wednesday, June 10th — San Antonio, TX — Paper Tiger*
Thursday, June 11th — Dallas, TX — Granada Theater*
Friday, June 12th — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall*
Saturday, June 13th — Austin, TX — Emo’s*
Sunday, June 14th — Oklahoma City, OK — The Jones Assembly*
Wednesday, June 17th — Orlando, FL — The Abbey*
Thursday, June 18th — Miami, FL — The Ground*
Friday, June 19th — Tampa, FL — Orpheum*
Saturday, June 20th — Atlanta, GA — Variety Playhouse*
Sunday, June 21st — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl*
Tuesday, June 23rd — Birmingham, AL — Saturn*
Wednesday, June 24th — Charlotte, NC — Visulite Theatre*
Thursday, June 25th — Raleigh, NC — Lincoln Theatre*
Friday, June 26th — Richmond, VA — The National*
Saturday, June 27th — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club*
PHOTO CREDIT: GEROGE MAYS
