Hermanos Gutiérrez — the Ecuadorian-Swiss sibling duo of Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez — have announced that their new album Sonido Cósmico will be released June 14 on Easy Eye Sound. Sonido Cósmico is the follow-up to the brothers’ 2022’s breakout El Bueno Y El Malo, which Rolling Stone said “shimmers with hallucinogenic energy,” led to a Tiny Desk performance, and was named one of the Top Latin Albums of that year by NPR. Like its predecessor, Sonido Cósmico (which translates to “cosmic sound”) was produced by “third brother” Dan Auerbach. But where El Bueno Y El Malo evoked the desert — blistering sun, baking hot highways — the new work levitates the listener, conjuring the unknowable expansiveness of outer space and a world beyond our own. “It’s not on earth,” says Estevan, the elder Gutiérrez. “We’ve started to fly.”
The album announcement arrives today with a new music video for the title track, “Sonido Cósmico,” by frequent collaborator Robert “Roboshobo” Schober (Metallica, The Killers, The Arcs). Alongside the haunting, braided guitar lines that are a trademark of the HG sound, strings, drums and organ build the track to new heights, infusing the brothers’ new extraterrestrial explorations with a thrilling sense of tension and mystery. Elsewhere on Sonido Cósmico, Hermanos broaden their rhythmic palette, finding inspiration in cumbia and salsa. The collective result is a rare album that is inquisitive and experimental, yet centered by the spiritual connection that shines through in the brothers’ playing.
TOUR DATES
March 16 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA SOLD OUT
March 17 – The Underground – Charlotte, NC
March 19 – The Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
March 20 – Lincoln Theatre – Raleigh, NC
March 21 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
March 22 – Big Ears Festival – Knoxville, TN
March 24 – Lexington Opera House – Lexington, KY
April 2 – Parallel 62 – Barcelona, Spain SOLD OUT
April 3 – Salle Pleyel – Paris, France SOLD OUT
April 4 – TivoliVredenburg – Utrecht, NL SOLD OUT
April 6 – TivoliVredenburg – Utrecht, NL SOLD OUT
April 7 – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – London, UK SOLD OUT
April 14 – Coachella – Indio, CA
April 18 – Alex Madonna Expo Center – San Luis Obispo ** SOLD OUT
April 19 – Alex Madonna Expo Center – San Luis Obispo ** JUST ADDED
April 21 – Coachella – Indio, CA
April 23 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl **
April 24 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl **
April 26 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel **
April 27 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel **
June 14 – Black Deer Festival – Kent, UK
Aug 14 – Vodafone Paredes de Coura – Coura, Portugal
Aug 16 – Lowlands Festival – Biddinghuizen, NL
** with Khruangbin
MAY HEADLINE TOUR
May 7 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
May 8 – The Hawthorn – St. Louis, MO
May 9 – The Truman – Kansas City, MO
May 11 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
May 12 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL SOLD OUT
May 13 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL JUST ADDED
May 14 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Toronto, ON
May 16 – SalleWilfrid-Pelletier – Montreal, QC SOLD OUT
May 17 – Royale – Boston, MA
May 18 – Brooklyn Steel – New York, NY SOLD OUT
May 19 – Brooklyn Steel – New York, NY JUST ADDED
