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Arde Bogotá traveled to Los Angeles to record its third album, Manufacturas del Club de la Gente Sola, with producer Joe Chiccarelli. Frontman Antonio García says the sessions helped the Spanish rock band draw more deeply on Spanish musical influences, rather than imitate American rock. The band is also taking its Spanish-language music to smaller venues on an upcoming U.S. run.
Spanish rock band Arde Bogotá recorded its third album, Manufacturas del Club de la Gente Sola, in Los Angeles with producer Joe Chiccarelli, but frontman Antonio García says the aim was not to adopt an American sound. In an interview with Consequence, García described the record as the band’s most rooted in Spanish musical influences to date, a direction that accompanies its plans to play U.S. shows where it is still building an audience.
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The quartet worked with Chiccarelli, whose production credits include The Strokes and My Morning Jacket. García told Consequence that the band wanted a producer who did not already know its circumstances or have expectations tied to Spain’s music scene. The distance, he said, gave Chiccarelli the chance to respond to the songs on their own terms.
García said the sessions brought the group closer to elements of its own musical identity, including sounds associated with flamenco and pasodoble. He said Chiccarelli encountered those influences, which were unfamiliar to him, as part of the band’s sound. The record is not a departure into English-language or American-style rock, according to García: he characterized the process as discovering more of what Arde Bogotá already was.
The album follows Cowboys de la A3, the band’s 2023 release. Consequence’s report says Arde Bogotá has received two Latin Grammy nominations, earned double-platinum status with that earlier album and sold out Madrid’s Movistar Arena. Its upcoming U.S. dates are at The Hall at Elsewhere in Brooklyn on Nov. 8, Pacific Electric in Los Angeles on Nov. 15 and ZeyZey in Miami on Nov. 22, 2026.
Spanish-Language Rock Meets New Audiences
The album’s Los Angeles recording sessions are notable because the band used an international production setting to look inward rather than present a more conventionally “international” sound. García’s account frames the choice of Chiccarelli as a way to hear the group without assumptions about its local scene. That approach may matter to listeners curious about how Spanish rock can travel without changing language or sanding away its regional influences.
The U.S. dates put that idea into practice. Arde Bogotá will play smaller rooms than its sold-out Madrid arena, and García and drummer José Ángel Mercader, known as Jota, told Consequence that starting again in unfamiliar markets is part of the appeal. Jota described the smaller scale as a chance to be close to people again. García also acknowledged the practical trade-offs, including smaller crews, less comfortable conditions and potentially lower financial returns.
Those realities make the tour more than a test of whether Spanish-language songs can reach American listeners. It is also a measure of whether the band can build relationships with audiences while maintaining the professional standards it has reached at home. García told Consequence that he sees growing openness among U.S. listeners to music in languages they may not speak, but the report does not establish how large or sustained that audience will be.
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From Madrid Success to U.S. Clubs
Arde Bogotá’s move into U.S. venues comes after a period of substantial success in Spain. Consequence reports that Cowboys de la A3 reached double-platinum status and that the band sold out Madrid’s Movistar Arena. Those milestones provide the contrast for the upcoming U.S. run: rather than carrying the same scale into a new market, the group expects to play smaller venues as it develops a following.
The band has also seen audiences grow over repeat visits to Latin America, according to bassist Pepe Martínez Esteban. He told Consequence that more people in Mexico have been singing along at successive shows. Esteban singled out “Big Bang,” an early single, as a song that seems to resonate particularly with Latin American audiences. Jota said those crowds also respond strongly when the group leans into the heavier, high-energy side of its live performances.
García said he cannot imagine himself singing in English, describing singing in one’s own language as a form of personal exposure. He suggested that performing in another language could create distance from what the singer is revealing. The band’s international plans, then, are not being presented as a language change: they are built around taking its Spanish-language songs to new listeners.
“I think this record is more steeped in Spanish sounds, in a Spanish essence, than anything we’ve done before.”
— Antonio García, Arde Bogotá frontman, speaking to Consequence
The U.S. Audience Is Still Developing
The interview does not specify when the album will be released, provide a full track list or give production details beyond the Los Angeles sessions and Chiccarelli’s involvement. It also offers no ticket-sales figures or other measure of Arde Bogotá’s U.S. audience. García’s view that American listeners are increasingly open to songs in other languages is his assessment, not evidence in the report of how broadly the band’s own music has reached them.
The supplied tour listing confirms dates scheduled for Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Miami in November 2026, alongside a Mexico City date. It does not establish whether the shows have since sold out or whether additional U.S. dates will be added. The extent to which the band can sustain a following across the country remains to be seen.
November Shows Test the Strategy
The next public milestone in the report is the band’s November 2026 U.S. run: Brooklyn on Nov. 8, Los Angeles on Nov. 15 and Miami on Nov. 22. A Mexico City show is listed for Nov. 19, followed by Madrid dates on Nov. 26 and 27. The article does not identify a release date for Manufacturas del Club de la Gente Sola, so the album’s availability and any further promotional plans remain unconfirmed in the supplied material.
As the shows take place, audience response and the band’s ability to operate at a smaller scale will offer a clearer indication of how this stage of its international expansion is working. For now, García’s stated priority is exploration rather than a specific commercial target: he told Consequence, “It’s not about wanting to be bigger than Madonna, but about having adventures.”
Key Questions
What is Arde Bogotá’s new album called?
The band’s third album is titled Manufacturas del Club de la Gente Sola. The supplied report does not state its release date.
Why did the band record the album in Los Angeles?
Frontman Antonio García told Consequence that Arde Bogotá wanted to work with producer Joe Chiccarelli, who was unfamiliar with the band’s environment and circumstances. The goal was to explore the group’s identity, not to imitate American rock.
What does the band mean by calling it its most Spanish album?
García said the record draws more deeply on Spanish sounds and musical influences than the band’s earlier work. He referred to elements including flamenco and pasodoble.
Where is Arde Bogotá playing in the United States?
The listed 2026 U.S. dates are The Hall at Elsewhere in Brooklyn on Nov. 8, Pacific Electric in Los Angeles on Nov. 15 and ZeyZey in Miami on Nov. 22.
Does Antonio García plan to sing in English?
García told Consequence that he cannot imagine himself singing in English. He said singing in Spanish is tied to the personal exposure he wants in his performances.
Source: consequence.net
