This album, Edge of the Sun, is like the greatest of dinner parties. Your hosts (here, Calexico's double backbone of Joey Burns and John Convertino) have assembled around their table a cavalcade of diverse, interesting guests. Members of the great Colorado band Devotchka and Seattle's Band of Horses sit alongside a traditional ensemble from Greece called Takim. Mexican powerhouse Carla Morrison is there, and so are Sam Beam and Neko Case.
These are folks you know, and new friends to make. You can almost hear their conversations, the sounds and discoveries; you can nearly imagine them. Or you can just press play and pull up a seat.
Calexico's Edge of the Sun will be released on April 14. You can pre-order it here.
Tracklisting
1. "Falling from the Sky"
2. "Bullets & Rocks"
3. "When the Angels Played"
4. "Tapping on the Line"
5. "Cumbia de Donde"
6. "Miles from the Sea"
7. "Coyoacán"
8. "Beneath the City of Dreams"
9. "Woodshed Waltz"
10. "Moon Never Rises"
11. "World Undone"
12. "Follow the River"
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