1940 Carmen

Since releasing Desechable, her 2011 debut album, Chilean singer/songwriter Mon Laferte has created an ever-evolving pattern across popular music. She has traversed the worlds of pop, Rock en Español, indie rock, cumbia, ranchera, mambo, salsa, psych, and bolero. 1940 Carmen follows her Latin Grammy-nominated Seis by a mere five months. Written and recorded in Los Angeles from March to July 2021, the ten-song set is titled after the address of the Airbnb where she was staying while she wrote and cut the album, half of it in English.Laferte plays all of the music here along with her band's musical director Sebastian Aracena. The songs seemingly journal her four-month stay in L.A. during which time her goal was to become pregnant (in August she announced she was expecting a child with boyfriend and Celofán guitarist and vocalist Joel Orta).The jaunty first single "Algo Es Mejor" weaves together electric and acoustic guitars, a looped snare, and layered backing vocals with sunny optimism.