Southern California alternative rock band Dirty Heads have joined forces with Columbian duo Monsieur Periné on a reimagined version of the song ‘Island Glow.’ Dirty Heads will also release their latest full-length album ‘Midnight Control’ on vinyl on June 16th, plus a deluxe version of the album on July 14th.
“I think one of the greatest parts of music is collaboration. Being able to share music with other artists you respect and are fans of. That’s what happened with ‘Island Glow’ and Monsieur Perinè. We are fans of what they do and we are honored to have them add on and bring their talent to this epic pirate story” Dirty Heads vocalist Jared Watson says.
“We were very excited to be able to do this collaboration with Dirty Heads. It was a very unexpected invitation. We haven’t had the opportunity to meet each other in person, although we knew their music and admired their work so for that reason, we loved that they invited us to collaborate. It was a creative challenge because it is a song that has a very particular language, it is quite complex English, even pronouncing certain words, and since it is not my native language, it was like a process of taking the time to read and understand everything and then interpret the words. I really liked being able to have the chance to write a part in Spanish, to create a new part and thus also create a new version of the song together with them and to bring these elements that give it a more Latin sound that bring it more towards our energy through percussion, through colors, through our flavor. I think there’s something very interesting about the result and we hope people like it” Monsieur Periné adds.
‘The Midnight Control’ digital deluxe album will feature 23 tracks including acoustic versions of ‘Rescue Me’, ‘Life’s Been Good’ and ‘Island Glow’ Lo Fi versions of several tracks, 2 unreleased songs and more in addition to all 10 tracks from the original album. Featured artists include Monsieur Periné, Ivy Miller (Ivuss) and Alex Vince.