Angélica Garcia announces her forthcoming album, Gemelo

The news of Gemelo arrives with lead single, "Color De Dolor" which explores the acknowledgement of grief. The song, translating to “the colour of pain,” is an anthem for processing how pain and beauty, rage and peace, sadness and joy all form the colours with which we render and process existence.

“Grief is nuanced, and sometimes pain can be intertwined with beauty” says Angélica Garcia. “Gemelo is a body of work that explores the process of grieving - acknowledging the light and shadow within it. Color De Dolor was the first song that was written for Gemelo. It's also the first song on the record where I face grief for what it is. I wanted Color De Dolor to feel very textured and lush, like you're walking through a jungle. To me, its kaleidoscopic quality shows sadness and beauty.”

The album was produced by Carlos Arévalo (Chicano Batman) and recorded over a month and a half in Virginia. There Angélica discovered and tapped into a fresh pop auteur perspective, creating music that is searing and borderless, free of cultural confinement and challenging the notion that singing in English is a prerequisite for creating American music.

Gemelo is crucial for Garcia, 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.

Tracklist:

1. Reflexiones
2. Color De Dolor
3. Juanita
4. Ángel [eterna]
5. Mirame
6. Y Grito
7. El Que
8. Intuición
9. Gemini
10. Paloma