Dos Santos - "A Shot in the Dark"
Photo by Victor Duarte Chicago based alt-Latinx Dos Santos are making some of the most interesting music out there. "A Shot in the Dark" blends traditional Latin/American music with an almost futuristic sound. "A Shot in the Dark" is folk... ish? But it would also be right at home in the chill room of a rave. It's an intensely layered song that isn't quite like anything I've heard in recent memory, yet it's traditional base makes it oddly familiar but hard to describe. Since I'm having a hard time describing the song, let's let Alex Chavez do a much better job than me: “ My go-to when I’m trying to imagine melodies is Huapango music . It’s part of how I grew up, it’s music that’s important to me . “ Nathan and I were actually working on another song, trying to find a sound on an electric keyboard to use, and we stumbled on the beginning vocal sample. Elliott pushed us in that direction . I’ve never sang that way in Dos Santos, but—in the ...