From the album 'Court The Storm' (2012) • Pay what you want http://tndr.lv/la_Bamba
Ghost find shelter
Ghost be good
Be the air to my lungs
Be the life for this rustic womb
Please be the air
Shake the pillars that have held up this aful space
I have love for the kindred
I have love for the lost
Our stories have been stirring up a storm
You hosted me kindly
You scored my timid throat
Your stillness has haunted all vulnerable eyes
Leaving expressions on top on top of all tongues
With an innocence that kills
Innocence that enhances thoughts
Devoted dancer of deep song
Robust and quaint
And theres those morning that crawl
Buried way deep down under my skin
Parallel with my bones wild as a vessel
The tides have been pulling me in
Drunk of salt water full of flies
Drowning forgetting my dreams
You have killed me with your fragile hands
We are armies of active minds
We are armies of active minds
Our stories have been stirring up a storm
You hosted me kindly
You scored my timid throat
Your genius has arrived
Your genius has arrived and its fierce
Your complexion is fair
Your eyes wild
Luz Elena Mendoza’s songs draw from her strict Catholic upbringing as an only daughter of a Mexican immigrant and the vocal harmonies of the Latin music she grew up around. Neko Case, who hand-picked Y La Bamba to open for her on multiple tours, lends her vocals to the title track of the band’s sophomore album, Court the Storm, produced by Grammy-winning producer Steve Berlin (also of legendary rock outfit Los Lobos). Court the Storm is packed with delicately crafted art-folk that finds Mendoza’s ethereal vocals combining with bittersweet melodies and thrumming, Latin-inspired rhythms, resulting in one of the finest indie-pop releases in memory
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