Release Date: Dec 2, 2003
Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Dance, World
Record label: Nettwerk
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Kinky grabbed a shelf-full of well-deserved awards and nominations for their debut album - but now, Mexico's most original and engaging new dance exponents have delivered a sadly less exciting follow-up that tries to sound like an American rock band. The self-titled first album was a wildly enthusiastic collision of techno-pop, Latin rhythms and funk, driven by percussion, bass and keyboards. Now, after lengthy tours of the US, they have added in lumbering guitar riffs, lyrics in English rather than Spanish, a dash of rap and the occasional acoustic ballad.