Indie band Chicano Batman talks about their upcoming album Fantasy Notebooktheir varied musical influences from both Western and Latin America, discuss their 15-year journey as a band, how they met and became a band, what it means to them to play the Kia Forum as Los Angeles natives, and more.
Chicano Batman:
I'm excited for people to hear the full album. Finally, because we are releasing singles. And each song is very diverse on this album.
My name is Bard.
Sup, everyone, I'm Eduardo.
Hi, I'm Carlos, we're Chicano Batman and you're watching Billboard News.
Lyndsey Shelters:
Hi, I'm Lyndsey Havens from Billboard News and we're here with Los Angeles legends Chicano Batman. How are you guys doing?
I know it was your most collaborative album, from what I understand. So tell me a little bit about what that was like, you know, between all of you and also the other people that you brought in for this.
Chicano Batman:
We wanted each of us to have control over any song we presented to the group. Whether it's “Okay, I want a rope.” It's kind of like a John Lennon vibe. I want threads about him. And they say, “Okay, let's do it.” Yeah.” And John Congleton was really… our producer was a huge help in that process. He's a legend too. I'm St. Vincent's biggest fan. I'll always work with St. Vincent, I worked here at Sunset Sound, so It was… I don't know. I was a little sweaty the day before. I was like, “Oh, The Doors recorded everything there.”
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