BALTHVS Let "MANIFEST" Travel Without A Passport
Written By: Big C
BALTHVS make MANIFEST feel less like one destination than a passport stamped in rhythm. The title reads like a declaration, but the music stays open to detours. The Bogotá trio’s sixth album moves through drum and bass, vaporwave, Ethiopian color, indie rock and jazz without treating any one reference as a costume. Recorded through live rigs, the sessions keep the players’ touch audible even when the palette turns electronic. A DSM Humboldt and Fender equipment helped shape the sonics edge, while producer and engineer Christian Cifuentes holds the different languages inside a range of genres. "MANIFEST" travels widely, but it never loses the sound of three people listening to one another.
The record’s range works because the trio protects its internal pulse. Styles change, tones bend and references move across continents, yet the groove keeps identifying the band before any genre label can. Released October 7 through Mixto Records, the album carries the group’s curiosity into its broadest map yet. BALTHVS began the supporting tour October 8 at Moonshiner’s Ball, taking the album from the studio’s circuitry back into a room with bodies. Hear how the live setup keeps the transitions human with "Enternal Flow." Stream "MANIFEST" and follow the trio BALTHVS on INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, and YOUTUBE.
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