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Compañero is Gang Of Youths’ fourth studio album, featuring ‘Things Take Time’ and ‘Benny’s Video’. Frontman and primary songwriter David Le’aupepe looks beyond the deeply personal confessions of the band’s earlier work, embracing vivid storytelling, classic Americana and an unexpected sense of euphoria.
A Spanish noun meaning companion, partner or comrade, Compañero reflects the record’s focus on connection and shared experience, alongside its exploration of mortality and the different ways death touches our lives. It marks a new chapter in the band’s evolving sound, following 2022’s Angel In Realtime.
Available on CD, standard 2LP and retail-exclusive ‘Lowly Abberation’ 2LP.
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