Press
"DeLeon's songs are shaped by the sad/sweet melodies of the Jews from..the golden age of Al-Andalus (Moorish Spain)...[and] the band turns this into rock in a way that Saks compares to how Led Zeppelin transformed old acoustic blues and the Pogues (http://www.pogues.com/) punked British Isles folk music...Needless to say, few in the band's audience understood the words...but people are relating to it." - Steve Hochman, Spinner
"Songs over 500 years old with a tuneful indie-rock zest" - David Stampone, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"It's an arcane but refreshing alchemy - sometimes brooding and lovelorn, sometimes joyous and danceable."
- Brad Frenette, National Post
"At times rocking the Casbah ("La Serena"), sometimes channeling David Byrne ("Almond Trees"), and sometimes just wonderfully weird ("La Vida Do Por El Raki"), this is one band to behold."
- Toph One, XLR8R
"A Dizzying ride that answers the question, what if the Os Mutantes were Jewish?"
- Aryeh Dworken, Heeb
"A genuinely novel record, full of intriguing concoctions and diverse instrumentation, and is a breath of fresh air"
- Adi Anand, Austinist
"Romantic horn-flecked waltzes ("Be Still, Angelino"), go-go Gypsy kickers ("La Ner VLivsoinim"), and some kind of new wave stroll ("Almond Trees") are just some of the seamless swirls of low-rent loft rock and Spanish-crooned sunset laments here that surprise at each turn"
- Eric Davidson, CMJ
"Time to put on your sombrero...Deleon combines the intrigue of older, 15th century Spanish music with the flare of modern independent rock." - I Guess I'm Floating
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