Las Palabras (Chk Chk Chk's Rafael Cohen) releases new single "Condesa"

Las Palabras (Chk Chk Chk's Rafael Cohen) has unveiled their new single “Condesa” today.

When it comes to the new song, which you can hear below, Cohen said:

“Condesa is a neighborhood in Mexico City that's roughly equivalent to Williamsburg, the Brooklyn neighborhood that I've called home for a few decades. Back in the 1930s and '40s Condesa and Williamsburg were both Jewish enclaves and today both are known as hipster neighborhoods. A few years ago, its sister neighborhood Roma became familiar to most cinephiles in 2018 when the film of the same name won Oscar's for best foreign picture and best director for Alfonso Cuarón. Condesa is that neighborhood's more laid-back cousin. A few years ago, I was in Mexico City playing a show with !!! and I saw a guy pushing a stroller with a baby around the same age as my daughter. He looked about my age and I imagined he was me if I had never left Mexico City when I was 10 years old, which is what inspired this song.”

The track stems from Las Palabras’s debut album, which will be released on Brassland on October 23. This record finds Cohen performing songs in Spanish for the first time. The nine-track release also includes the single “Juan Pared.” Pre-orders for the record can be made here.