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Sonido Cósmico

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Sonido Cósmico
A black-and-white photograph of the two brothers against a blue background, framed by the text "Hermanos Gutiérrez" in white capital letters above, "Sonido Cósmico" below and a green block pattern on the sides.
Studio album by
Released14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)
StudioEasy Eye Sound (Nashville)
Length40:04
LabelEasy Eye Sound
ProducerDan Auerbach
Hermanos Gutiérrez chronology
El Bueno y el Malo
(2022)
Sonido Cósmico
(2024)

Sonido Cósmico ("Cosmic Sound") is the sixth studio album by Ecuadorian-Swiss band Hermanos Gutiérrez, consisting of brothers Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez. It was released on 14 June 2024 by Easy Eye Sound and recorded by producer Dan Auerbach at his Nashville studio, their second collaboration with Auerbach after predecessor El Bueno y el Malo (2022). The album received positive reviews from critics.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash8/10[3]
PopMatters8/10[4]
Uncut9/10[5]

Sonido Cósmico received a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, which the website categorised as "universal acclaim".[1] Uncut felt that "while the album is rooted in Ennio Morricone's dusty spaghetti western soundtracks and Daniel Lanois' high-lonesome ambient, songs like the spacy 'El Fantasma' and the kaleidoscopic title track ground their psychedelic drift in the intense chemistry between the two brothers and the way they play off each other supernaturally".[5] Thom Jurek of AllMusic observed that the album "doesn't abandon their rich bevy of desert-blasted soundscapes entirely; these 12 tracks use a wider range of instruments and ponder the mysteries of space as much as the lonely, arid horizon".[2]

Jamie Wilde of Clash wrote that "each moment on Sonido Cosmico feels different from the other; each picture evoking something different from the imagination. It's hard to find a track not to like here" as "the fact that two brothers create music of such depth playing nothing but their own guitars is astonishing".[3] Adriane Pontecorvo of PopMatters stated that while "broadly echoing guitars and sparing percussion make up the bulk of the instrumentation", "no matter how spacey it all becomes, [...] the human warmth of the Gutiérrez brothers' playing continues to define their sound: their delicate approach to their instruments transforms string sounds into living voices, resonant in terms of both acoustics and emotions".[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Daniel Alejandro Hotz and Stephan Ricardo Hotz.

Sonido Cósmico track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Lágrimas Negras"3:12
2."Low Sun"3:08
3."Cumbia Lunar"2:37
4."Abuelita"3:32
5."El Fantasma"3:03
6."It's All in Your Mind"4:38
7."Sonido Cósmico"3:43
8."Barrio Hustle"3:14
9."Until We Meet Again"3:01
10."Los Navegantes"4:12
11."Luz y Sombra"3:08
12."Misterio Verde"2:36
Total length:40:04

Personnel

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Hermanos Gutiérrez

  • Alejandro Gutiérrez – slide guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 12), electric guitar (3, 4, 6–12)
  • Estevan Gutiérrez – electric guitar (all tracks), bongos (2, 3, 5–7), cowbell (3, 8), claves (4), conga (9)

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Dan Auerbach – production, mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • M. Allen Parker – mixing, engineering, recording
  • Caleb VanBuskirk – additional engineering
  • McKinley James – engineering assistance
  • Jonny Ullman – engineering assistance
  • Tyler Zweip – engineering assistance

Visuals

Charts

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Chart performance for Sonido Cósmico
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 125
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 99
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 53
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] 53
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[11] 45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 6
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[13] 75
UK Albums Sales (OCC)[14] 22
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[15] 6
US Billboard 200[16] 193

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sonido Cósmico by Hermanos Gutiérrez Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Sonido Cósmico – Hermanos Gutiérrez | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b Wilde, Jamie (18 June 2024). "Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b Pontecorvo, Adriane (18 June 2024). "Hermanos Gutiérrez Explore the Final Frontier on Sonido Cósmico". PopMatters. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico". Uncut. June 2024. p. 33.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  16. ^ @billboardcharts (24 June 2024). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200..." (Tweet). Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via Twitter.