It is of Hermanos Gutiérrez new release, Los Ojos Del Cóndor.
We dug their last album, and ranked it on our year end list. This release feels lighter, a little less exciting, however it would make a good soundtrack for Planet Earth's Andes episode.
We do love the album art, about which the brother state:
“We traveled to Peru in March,” says Estevan of a mission to capture photos and film that would help amplify the album’s sonic landscapes. “We brought our analog and Super 8 cameras and took so many pictures. We were talking to these two women, and they were so cute with the llamas, it was just such an incredible moment. As we said goodbye, they walked up that hill, and we took that picture and everybody got goosebumps.” But, he adds with a laugh, “Because we took analog pictures, we were like, ‘Oh damn, we really hope that picture turned out good!’”
“In the last few years, the cover has always shown us,” says Alejandro of the brothers’ previous album sleeves. “With this journey through Peru and the Andes, we wondered if it made sense to show us again. And then we saw this picture, two women, the two llamas, and we loved the duality of it and the representation — it could be the two of us in another life or in another universe. We loved the connection, and realized, it’s not always about us. It’s more about the culture that we admire and that we honor. That duality is on the back cover too with the two condors flying. It goes back to the concept of ‘Yanantin.’” “What’s cool is, in the end,” says Estevan, “I took the front cover, and my brother took the back cover. It’s always yin and yang. It needs both.”
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