Name: Read Music/Speak Spanish (Remastered)
Brand: Desaparecidos

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-LBJ-342LEIEC

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Colour

Blue

Colour details

Trans/OpaqueBlue A-side/B-side

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Discogs ID

[r23135225]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Indie Exclusive. Includes photo collage poster.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

648401034288

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

Artist

Desaparecidos

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Saddle Creek

An American emo/post hardcore band, Desaparecidos is a project led by singer/guitarist Conor Oberst. Best known as the frontman of the indie folk band Bright Eyes, Oberst brings his unique musical style and introspective lyrics to this side project.

Desaparecidos has garnered a dedicated following with their energetic live performances and thought-provoking songs. Their music combines elements of punk rock, alternative rock, and post-hardcore, creating a sound that is both raw and melodic.

Similar artists to Desaparecidos include Conor Oberst himself, along with Cursive, The Good Life, Pedro The Lion, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Tim Kasher, Neva Dinova, Bright Eyes (Oberst's main band), Monsters Of Folk, Son Ambulance, Commander Venus, The Anniversary, The Weakerthans,
Piebald,
The Faint,
Okkervil River,
The Promise Ring,
The Get Up Kids,
Rainer Maria,
and Jets To Brazil.

2022 finds us releasing the 20th Anniversary Edition of Desaparecidos' Read Music/Speak Spanish into a world in which the dread and disenfranchisement detailed throughout the album feel as pertinent today as they did then. The characters and settings may have changed, but the startling narrative has not. In late 2001, Conor Oberst, Denver Dalley, Landon Hedges, Ian McElroy, and Matt Baum spent a week at Presto! Recording Studio in Lincoln, NE recording a punk album. That debut album, released in the post-9/11 fog of early 2002, screamed out observational commentary on urban development, the sacrifice of human value for the dollar bill, and the new American Dream in a way that felt distinctly out of sync with the hyper-patriotic atmosphere of peak G.W. Bush-era America. The band toured, got a bit of attention, and then went their separate ways for a long spell. In the ensuing years, Read Music/Speak Spanish gained cult status and became one of the most beloved and meaningful documents of the era, capturing the alienation that those who had seen through the fog of war for $$$$ experienced at the time. 20 years on, those feelings are just as, if not more, relevant than they were in that moment. America has mutated into a new frightening version of itself, in many ways unimaginable two decades ago. Yet, the fear and disgust voiced on Read Music/Speak Spanish now sound more prophetic than paranoid, making the album's message as necessary as ever.

Read Music/Speak Spanish (Remastered)

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