It’s a sticky and schmoozy listen for the weirdos and outsiders as much as it is for the young couples curled up in the park at sunset.
While there’s nothing here that is overtly challenging, the album is consistently fun, complex and full of the right kind of vibe that it should keep your summer going long after September ends.
Subtly sad, sweetly distorted and at times outright trippy, the result is perfect for long drives under summer skies.
Singing in a mash-up of Spanish and English (“Spanglish”) his music feels intimate and honest, yet never takes itself too seriously.
The 21-year-old bedroom-pop artist’s major-label debut displays shaggy charm and an eclecticism that’s still confined to the more pleasant parts of the color wheel.
There are some lovely songs on Para Mi, though; you might just have to slog through some unfortunate synths and occasionally cringe-inducing lyrics to get there.
Removing the layers of fuzz leaves Cuco's multi-colored songwriting in clear view, revealing an artist still finding his way.
Cuco harnesses his potential on Para Mi, an unguarded self-portrait that, from its unabashed confessionalism to its Spanglish lyrics, is inextricably tied to his identity.
Few could deny that this record takes you to places altogether different.
While Para Mi fills the Cuco remit of synth-drenched relational eulogies, it fails to fulfil the experimentation Banos promised.
Cuco's Style is on so much display in this album that it's impossible for me to NOT like it. I hate saying something dumb like "this album is FOR THE FANS!" but I can't really articulate why I like it.
I like Cuco, therefore, I like this.
LA based producer and artist Cuco's debut is your Spanglish answer to hynagogic, summer drenched bedroom pop with quirky lo-fi beats, catchy vocal melodies and genre-hopping tracks that is equally multicolored and fun. Certainly a talent to watch out for and a sound to relish this heatwave-driven days.
Looks like somebody have been listening to flower boy and tried to make an own version
I love this album so much, despite everything I’ll have these fun and dreamy love songs to come back to.
I started getting into music via Cuco and I don’t regret that even a little bit.
Put the two songs with energy as the first two songs trust it won’t flow bad trust
1 | Intro 0:30 | 61 |
2 | Keeping Tabs 4:08 | 77 |
3 | Bossa no sé 3:21 | 77 |
4 | Perihelion (Interlude) 2:32 | 65 |
5 | Feelings 3:10 | 74 |
6 | Lovetripper 5:10 | 65 |
7 | Ego Death in Thailand 3:14 | 68 |
8 | Hydrocodone 2:32 | 77 |
9 | Far Away From Home 4:25 | 70 |
10 | Brokey the Pear (Interlude) 1:24 | 61 |
11 | Best Friend 2:30 | 67 |
12 | Room Tone (Interlude) 1:11 | 63 |
13 | Do Better 3:31 | 67 |
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