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UK music website GodIsIntheTV had some praise for our single “Femme Fatale”:
“Recorded at Marigny Studios, the New Orleans group gives the classic Velvets track a Latin twist, like the soundtrack to an interlude from an imaginary scene from a late great David Lynch movie…a carousel of glistening vibraphone and electric piano adding a bounce and sprinkling high campiness onto the tune.”
Myspiltmilk reviewed our version of “Femme Fatale”, the first single from our upcoming album:
“Los Tremolo Kings remake “Femme Fatale” as Latin lounge exotica…With their version of “Femme Fatale,” they’ve added a credible, unexpected take on the Velvets and the song.”
https://www.myspiltmilk.com/articles/los-tremolo-kings-deliver-a-lounge-femme-fatale
Here's how Liam Pierce described us in Gambit Weekly's Jazz Fest picks:
"Born in the back room of New Orleans Mexican restaurant Casa Borrega, Los Tremolo Kings bring a distinct spin to a classic Latin sound. To the untrained ear, the wah-wah pedal, tremolo, distortion and echo might sit exclusively in the surf rock section of the record store. But the more discerning will recognize the sound as a psychedelic, dub–style spin on more precise genres such as Peruvian 1960s cumbia (which was inspired by surf rock) and mariachi.
With guitarist Phil Vanderyken, bassist Rene Coman, drummer Doug Garrison and vocalist Margie Perez, the band’s sets have become mainstays at divey locals’ haunts like BJ’s Lounge and Madame Vic’s. Que divertido, indeed."
Alex Rawls in My Spilt Milk, April ‘25, as a prelude to guitarist Phil the Tremolo King’s pick of eight favorite songs:
"If you look long enough and hard enough, there’s someone out there pumping fresh blood into an old genre you didn’t know existed.Los Tremolo Kings perform that magic for chicha, a psychedelic, Peruvian blend of Latin rhythms that prominently features electric guitars put through wah-wahs and fuzzboxes. The results walk the line between surf and exotica, particularly when slimmed down by Los Tremolo Kings to a three-piece band–guitarist Phil “the Tremolo King” Vanderyken and the rhythm section of Rene Coman and Doug Garrison–with Margie Perez on vocals."
https://www.myspiltmilk.com/articles/218xz1lj8pdufkpndw84oh2ots9zan
Jay Mazza had some nice things to say about our EP in Offbeat Magazine:
“All of the songs on this brief collection demonstrate musical mastery and the commitment needed for a trio to really work.”
"In this band, he ( guitarist Phil the tremolo King ) has essentially created a new sub-genre by focusing on Latin grooves. It’s stripped down in the best possible way.
Read the full review here:
https://www.offbeat.com/music/los-tremolo-kings-los-tremolo-kings-kaleidoscope-world-records/