
Released to widespread critical praise, the album was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” in a piece entitled, “From A Band On The Border, The Stories That Shape ‘South Of Nowhere.’” Additionally, of “Out on the Street,” Rolling Stone praises: “…every once in a while, you come across the real deal. Such is the case with Spanish Gold’s ‘Out on the Street,’ a heady number that slinks along like Rockwell’s ‘Somebody’s Watching Me,” trading in synth-goofiness for tight bursts of Black Keys guitar.”
Produced by the trio along with Collin Dupuis (JEFF the Brotherhood, Bombino), South of Nowhere was recorded by Dupuis at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Studio in Nashville and at Lalaland in Louisville. Additional recording was done with Jim Eno (Spoon, Poliça) at Public Hi-Fi in Austin and Sam Patlove (The Octopus Project) at Big Orange in Austin.
Of making the new album, Schwebel comments, “We kept finding that we had a lot of the same reference points during the recording. It became evident that we were still children of the MTV era. The way that the programming crossed genres from R&B to hip hop, rock, soul and pop music is how we approach records. It’s a nod to Michael Jackson, Dr. Dre, Madonna, the Beastie Boys or Tom Petty, all with a Texas border town setting. It all adds up to a fun listen that you can keep on repeat.”
Go HERE for Spanish Gold’s tour dates. South of Nowhere is available at iTunes, Amazon CD and Amazon LP.