Prayers - Gothic Summer

Rafa, (owner/proprietor of world famous Pokez, a must stop place to eat if you're in San Diego, 10th & E, downtown), of Prayers, along with the other half of the dynamic duo, Dave Parley, have created another masterpiece of cholo goth, SD killwave darkness. Hopping back and forth from SD to LA has become as regular as the sunset, but they recently opened up for the Cult at several shows, including San Francisco and Las Vegas, these guys are fucking hot right now. So what do they do, throw another pallet on the bonfire, and come out with their epic Gothic Summer EP. So far I've only heard the title track (broke is the word that describes my life this week), but you can pick up this piece of bad-ass-ery at CD Baby. You get more of their patented minimalism with a song that is so catchy, after first listen, it'll be tatted on your brain, Dave is an absolute mastermind when it comes to beats and melodies, while Rafa has this angelic (don't be deceived) voice that sounds as if he is really singing a prayer. I asked these guys to be a part of the electronic comp tape I'm looking at releasing, but I think they've moved on to bigger and better things, I see these guys just getting bigger. I want nothing but well deserved happiness and success for Prayers. This here vid is really something else, on top of the amazing tune, you get visually stimulated with something that is very underground having Prayers written all over it, and done so extremely well, you'd think you were watching a vid on Mtv back when they played vids. Enjoy the vid, but beware, as I said, catchy as fuck... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3iovOkAFA8&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2PVy0UP1F0&w=560&h=315]

Prayers - Ready to Bleed video

San Diego in the house again in the form of killwave artists, Prayers. I posted their first video From Dog To God not to long ago, but since then my old friend Rafael Reyes and his compadre/bandmate Dave Parley, have been busy with their killer Cholo Goth thing. You can now hit them up and get first hand updates at Facebook. And even better than that, they now have a whole LP worth of tunes available for download at CD Baby (hoping and praying they will come up with some vinyl out of all of this). Huge fan of these tripped out souls, who drink deep from the well that was early 80's, late 70's new wave/post punk. They reinvent, reinterpret and renew, to create this savage beast lurking in the shadows of some dark alley.  This is their time now to come out and show themselves, the moon is full.  There's nothing complex here to get lost in, minimal synth with stark vocals and heartfelt lyrical content.  As serious as solitary confinement.  The guys, with a the help of some very talented videographer type friends, have blessed us with another video of another one of the tunes on their LP...dark, brutal, mystical, sexy. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iakffnTNT5w&w=790&h=444]

Prayers - From Dog To God

My old San Diego bro Rafa (owner of one of my very favorite restaurants there in SD, Pokez, downtown, 5 minutes from where I lived...used to take all my lady friends there for wining and dining, and it never failed to impress) turned me onto some killer music he's involved with.  Old school New Wave with a modern twist...SD KILLWAVE..... Street Goth ....Cholo Goth, is what it says in the video description.  Dark, foreboding, anguished and minimal.  Dig it or don't...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVvabsXFT7w]