Angélica Garcia releases her visceral new astrologically-inclined single “Gemini” about seeing the double-sided facade and dichotomy in all things in life. Propelled by the track’s alt-pop instrumentation (provided in part by members of Chicano Batman), Angélica juxtaposes lyrics that probe into the dark side of the duality inherent within all. “Gemini” further explores the overall themes present on Angélica’s upcoming album Gemelo, whose title refers to the twin self: the idea of a second, more intuitive self within as she sings, “I see double, I see double everywhere I go…” Listen to “Gemini” here: https://angelicagarcia.lnk.to/Gemini 

She adds, “Sometimes I just want to be playful because so many things in the world feel simulated anyway. Choosing joy in the face of everything sometimes feels like rebellion. ‘Gemini’ leans the most into the Chicano Batman influence. Carlos Arévalo and Eduardo Arenas both play on it. Our friend William Alexander did a live cut of the drums, and it’s the only song on the album where the drums weren’t processed like samples.  A big part of Gemini’s personality comes from the live feel.”

“Gemini” arrives after the momentous announcement of Gemelo and the release of the prismatic single “Color De Dolor.” Gemelo is crucial for Angélica, marking not only her first album sung almost entirely in Spanish, but her first deeply probing the ancestral altar, having in recent years devoted herself to a process of monumental deconstruction — of religion, spirit, heritage, and womanhood, in turn confronting grief and finding liberation. “It was like getting dropped into ice water,” she says.

As her most focused work to date, Gemelo progresses from its delicate, tender entry in Side A, which serves like almost a meditation, to the visceral intensity of Side B, which immerses into the difficult, at times terrifying work of healing.  All throughout the album she also challenges the traditional American pop music idioms, opening the floodgates with a refreshingly universal rhythmic set of songs where heritage snaps into focus in both lyric and disparate sound channeling elements of Yves Tumor, Kate Bush, Karen O, Rosalía, Kali Uchis and Xenia Rubinos. She and Arévalo have shaped a self-contained universe with her demos, bonding over everything from Portishead and Radiohead to Timbaland and early Madonna, incorporating front-and-center pop-vocal production and clublike textures and rhythms all throughout. 

Angélica also announces a co-headlining date with La Doña for the Elsewhere Rooftop in Brooklyn, NYC set for July 9th. Tickets will be on sale this Friday, May 3rd at 10 AM EST and be available here: https://link.dice.fm/Ce37b698ea86 

Stay tuned for more to come from Angélica Garcia this Spring.