Las Nubes

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Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
Las Nubes

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  Saturday 22nd February
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The Miami -based Las Nubes return on 6/ 14 wi th ‘Tormentas Malsanas,’ a mul t ilingual sonic explosion of Garage Pop, Shoegaze, Dream Pop, and Punk. The lead single was released by the Thurston Moore-owned Ecstatic Peace / Daydream Library label, and their past work has been praised by Iggy Pop (who wrote the album cover ’s hype quote) , Brooklyn Vegan, NPR: Al t .Lat ino, BBC 6 Music, Ruta 66, EFE EME, and Calvin Johnson. The “Would Be” single and video are out now.

Miami summer has two extremes: one minute it’s sunny and sweltering
hot, and the next, it’s tempestuous winds and pouring rain. And this
polarity has a tendency to control people’s moods. Las Nubes, the ever-
evolving Miami-based rock project led by Ale Campos and Emile Milgrim,
has learned how to weather it all.

Before forming Las Nubes and releasing their 2019 debut LP, SMVT
(released through Miami’s own Sweat Records Records), Campos and
Milgrim were already mainstays on the Miami music scene, both
performing in bands and producing music for over a decade. With SMVT,
Las Nubes not only reintroduced themselves to the scene through their
fuzzy, bilingual, 90s-influenced punk rock meets dream pop sound, but
they also received significant acclaim for the album’s singles “Hellbag”
and “QSW.”
Since then, Las Nubes has extensively toured the U.S. and Mexico and has
shared the stage with Shannon and the Clams, Jens Lekman, The
Coathangers, Sheer Mag, Mark Sultan, Torche, Alice Bag, and with the
legendary Iggy Pop as his first all-female lineup of The Stooges (as
captured on the ‘Live Nubes’ collection). SMVT’s debut allowed them to
release a number of other small projects, including the Split EP with
Miami locals Palomino Blond, a cassette release of live and session tracks
called ‘Live Nubes,’ and “Enredados b/w Drop-In,” their newest 7” single.
Their work has earned them the title of Miami New Times’ Best Band of
2019, a “distinction they’ve earned through hard work and infectious
hooks,” and landed them recognition on NPR’s Alt.Latino, Remezcla,
Rolling Stone, and Brooklyn Vegan.
On June 14, again working with engineer/producer Jonathan Nunez
(Torche), Las Nubes will release their sophomore LP, ‘Tormentas
Malsanas’ through Sweat Records Records, Spinda Records (EU), and
Godless America (cassette). The title translates to “unhealthy storms,” a
tongue-in-cheek tribute to the reality of living through Miami summers.
Similar to the way a clear day turns gray with the threat of inclement
weather, Tormentas Malsanas addresses common and uncommon
struggles — from the difficulties of starting a family as a female musician
and the pains of getting older without a lucid understanding of where
you’re going, to Covid depression, and the desire to stand up against
injustice in a productive way — through the energetic buoyancy of Las
Nubes’s trademark loud as hell, garage pop sound. The heavy emotions
addressed through the lyrics crossed with their vibrant and dynamic
instrumental arrangements give the album a sense of hopefulness that
reminds listeners: even the most turbulent moments don’t last forever.
The album’s lead single “Enredados,” along with its music video, was
released on October 18, 2023, via Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace /
Daydream Library and was featured in EFE EME and Ruta 66 and on BBC
Radio 6 Music. The next single, “Pesada,” will be released on May 17th.