Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
User Score
Based on 29 ratings
January 28, 2022 / Release Date
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Anti- / Label
Cumbia / Genre
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Critic Reviews

80
AllMusic
The powerful, sometimes writhing, and often transcendent sonic landscape the band creates here is their most inspired work to date, brimming with purpose and assertiveness that goes beyond mere entertainment and reaches for enlightenment.
80
Uncut
Layered with folklore and mysticism, lustrous synthesiser textures and twangy surf-punk guitars, the band’s third album maps an expansive musical cosmos.
78
Beats Per Minute
Combo Chimbita don’t appear too mired in their music’s rich esoterica and inherently queer sensibility, making them implicit within the catharsis of performing.
73
Pitchfork

The New York-based Colombian rock band updates its powerful live chops with careful studio experimentation, balancing  psychedelic sounds with a sense of sociopolitical urgency.

prets
46

Oya • 6
Babalawo • 5
Me Fui • 5
Memoria • 5
La Perla • 5.1
Sin Tiempo • 5.7
Yo Me Lo Merezco • 5.6
Indiferencia • 6.4
De Frente • 6
Lo Que Es Mío, Es Mío • 5.7
Mujer Jaguar • 0
Todos Santos • 0

evelezt
92

Definitivamente una de las mejores agropaciones musicales en Colombia y cada álbum que hacen es mejor que el anterior. En esta ocasión se apartan un poco del sonido rock y en cambio implementan más sonidos tradicionales.

NTTR
60

Combo Chimbita - IRE

Genre: Cumbia
Country: US

Final Verdict: 60% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 61th / 142

Highlight: Sin Tiempo

Made me think of:
Bomba Estéreo
Meridian Brothers
Niño De Elche

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