Having fulfilled our responsibilities on Memorial Day, and after the clockwork-like arrival yesterday of Santa Barbara’s usual foggy “June Gloom,” we are now pining for the warm, blithe days of true Summer.  Unfortunately, we know the fog will not likely relent until July.  So in the meantime, here are a couple of sunny numbers to get you in the mood.

On Odessa we hear (from their latest record, “Swim”) Caribou’s post-modern, re-imagined disco (a la Hot Chip and Erlend Øye), with added squawking-vocal effects, scratch- guitar, and polyrhythmic triangle/cowbell/wood playing, all anchored by a bounteous bassline.

Caribou–Odessa

[audio:https://www.thelefortreport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Track17_Caribou_Odessa.mp3|titles=Track17_Caribou_Odessa]

Fuego is also a layered, rhythmic melange, this time from Bomba Estereo, a smokin’ five-piece Columbian band that mixes traditional Caribbean rhythms with a musical attack smacking of Kingston (we hear “reggae music” credits) and Rio, but ultimately its own.

Bomba Estereo-Fuego

[audio:https://www.thelefortreport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Fuego.mp3|titles=Fuego]