Angélica Garcia - "Y Grito" and "El Que"
Photo by Carlos Garcia New York City's Angélica Garcia just released a pair of singles: "Y Grito" and "El Que." The press release for these two songs describes her as a "pop auteur," and I couldn't describe her better. While "Y Grito" is more heavy and fast paced (and less than a minute and a half long), and "El Que" is more chill and rambling, both songs fit a certain ethos. Garcia has created a certain style of art pop that has a strong basis in hip hop without fully being hip hop. There are elements of other genre rebelling artists here, such as Bjork, Tori Amos, Lauryn Hill, and Kate Bush. Neither of these songs sound anything like any of the artists I mentioned, it's more the spirit and inventiveness Garcia displays. "Y Grito" and "El Que" get more and more mindblowing the longer you listen, so buckle up for these two songs. Ang é lica Garcia says of her two new singles: “Grito’ is a verb, so I wante...