San Franciscos agit-prop nomads Rupa & the April Fishes are back with a second album crossing borders with a blend of French alternative chansons, rousing Latin grooves and energetic Gypsy swing. With their second album, este mundo (this world), Rupa & the April Fishes hold up a carnival mirror to life and present a warped, humorous and occasionally disquieting reflection. Sequestered beneath Rupas infectious and captivating melodies are thought-provoking themes that address life, love, art, death and the real and artificial divisions that keep us apart. The San Francisco-based musical agitators are specialists in crossing borders and building bridges, and on este mundo, due out on Cumbancha on Oct. 27, they effortlessly blur the boundaries of genre and geography to create a sound Time Out has called global agit-pop. Este mundo was recorded at Prairie Sun Studios by engineer and sound wizard Oz Fritz, who is best known for his work with Tom Waits (Mule Variations). Guests include rapper Boots Riley of The Coup, along with some of the Bay Areas best musical talents including Tin Hats trumpeter Ara Anderon and Serbian slap bassist Djordje Stijepovic. Rupa & the April Fishes blend an alternative pop attitude with international spices, mixing in elements of Gypsy swing, Colombian cumbia, French chanson and Indian ragas. According to lead singer Rupa Marya, este mundo is a collection of sounds and songs highlighting lifes accidental beauty and surging joy as well as their inexorable partner: human suffering. Radio: BBC London - DJ Ritu + interview 105 FM Cambridge - DJ Skunk will air interview before cargo show. Radio Ceredigion - Mikey J Tracks: (la frontera) / c'est moi / por la frontera / la linea / la rose / culpa de la luna / l'elephant / soledad / el camino del diablo / este mundo / soy payaso / neruda / trouble / espero la luna / la estrella cada UK TOUR DATES 2009 Nov 24 London Cargo album launch 2010 Jan 19 Norwich Norwich Arts Centre Jan 20 London Rich Mix Jan 21 Bristol St. Georges Jan 22 York The Duchess Jan 23 Glasgow Celtic Connections Adverts: Froots half page Songlines quarter page Jungle drums quarter page