Mexico City indie quartet Rey Pila announced they will be supporting Interpol on their upcoming tour, starting Sept. 15 in Vancouver, BC and have been added to this year’s Austin City Limits Festival line up. The band is currently wrapping up details on their sophomore full-length album, recorded in New York City with producer Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Wavves/Smith Westerns), details of which will be announced in the coming months.
Rey Pila is composed of Diego Solorzano, Rodrigo Blanco, Andres Velasco and Miguel Hernandez. The group originally began as Solorzano’s solo project after the dismemberment of his previous band Los Dynamite. They release their self-titled debut in 2011 and is currently signed to Cult Records, of which the founder and boss is Julian Casablancas of The Strokes. In July, Rey Pilap released a new track, “Blast”, available for free download below.
Listen and download Rey Pila’s single “Blast” below.