Las Robertas to Perform at Coachella 2019; Costa Rican Trio to Release New EP, 'Together Outrageously', April 12 via Rogue Wave Records
Ascending Rock Group Set to Make History as First-Ever Costa
Rican Band to Perform at Lauded California
Music & Arts Festival
Hailing from San José, Costa
Rica, Las Robertas (aka The Robertas) is a
garage rock / psychedelic pop band whose name draws inspiration from 60's girl
groups and The Ramones. Formed in 2009, Las Robertas -- Mercedes Oller (vocals
/ guitars), Sonya Carmona (guitars) and Fabrizio Durán (drums) -- boasts a
enticing sound inspired and influenced by 70's American and British rock,
shoegaze, and indie pop from the 80's and 90's, driven by entrancing, ethereal
vocals. In advance of its live performances at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music
and Arts Festival, Las Robertas will release a 3 song EP titled "Together
Outrageously". The new EP, named as one of the "30 discs to have on
the radar in 2019" by VICE's music and culture platform Noisey, will see
an April 12 release via Rogue Wave Records.
Today, Las Robertas
debuts the new EP's title track; stream "Together Outrageously" now
at this location.
Las Robertas' appearance at Coachella 2019 will not only mark a career highlight for the
young trio, but will also serve to be a landmark moment for its home country as
well; the band will become the first-ever Costa Rican group to perform at
Coachella, which takes place every year in Indio, California, and draws an
attendance of more than 250 thousand people, making it one of the most
important and influential music festivals in the world. Las Robertas will play
on both Friday, April 12 and Friday, April 19, joining artists such as Tame
Impala, Ariana Grande and Childish Gambino at the Inland
Empire multimedia event. Las Robertas will leave for California on April 10 and following the festival, return
to Costa Rica
to record their as-yet-untitled fourth album.
"We are very
excited," says Oller. "Playing Coachella is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity and we're going to put on the best show we can, not only for
ourselves and the concert-goers, but as representatives of Costa Rica as
well. For us it is an honor to be ambassadors of our country abroad, not only
as part of this festival, but in all the years we have been playing outside. We
always recommend national projects, and we want people from the rest of the
world to realize the enormous talent that exists in this country, not only at
the musical level, but in all areas."
Las Robertas will
not only kick out the jams at Coachella, they will also bring local clothing
and jewelry to promote the art of Costa Rica, working together with talented
local entrepreneurs; MussMuss and Atomic 79 (read more here) to spotlight its
country's arts and culture movements. As such, Mercedes Oller's Instagram
account was named one of the "13 Tico Instagram Accounts That Highlight Costa Rica’s
Flourishing, Eco-Friendly Style Scene" (see here) by the Latin music, culture
and entertainment platform Remezcla.
Las Robertas - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Las Robertas
released their debut full-length album “Cry Out Loud” in 2010 and started
gaining immediate popularity through well-recognized blogs (Hipster Runoff,
Gorilla vs. Bear, AlteredZones, The Dumbing of America). The trio's trippy
noise-pop garage-rock took the international music scene by storm, and the band
quickly became a darling on the indie festival circuit in Europe as well as the
Americas.
In its time as a band, Las Robertas has played festivals such as SXSW, Rock al
Parque, All My Friends, and Levitation. In 2011, Las Robertas became the first
Costa Rican group to play Mexico's Nrmal Festival and Barcelona's Primavera
Sound, the latter being considered one of the most prestigious in the world.
The group, which
has toured both Europe & America and shared stages with bands like Echo
& the Bunnymen, Pearl Jam, Warpaint, Flaming Lips, Primal Scream and more,
considers itself influenced by punk music with a hard inspiration of soul and
surf. Their principal influences include the C86-era bands The Vaselines, Black
Tambourine, The Field Mice, and Beat Happening, as well as Sonic Youth, The
Velvet Underground, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Wipers, Fugazi, early My Bloody
Valentine, and The Amps, among others. View a Las Robertas EPK at this location.
Track listing:
1.) Thunder Rider
3.) Pesadilla
"With each
turn of the kaleidoscope, Las Robertas' music shape-shifts to offer new ways to
hear its bright, hypnotic sounds. It's a magical mosaic that dazzles...a sunny
set of tunes tinged with surf-rock and psychedelia and surrounded by its
hallmark sylphic vocals." - NPR
"Las Robertas,
straight out of Costa Rica, are making the kind of buzz saw pop songs we should
really like regardless of gender, fringe or dubious fashion choices" -
Neu!
Las Robertas 'Waves of the New'
A short documentary,
filmed on tour, and in the studio, with producer Jon Greene at Rarefied
Recording, and in the band's hometown of San
Jose, Costa Rica.
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