Buscabulla bare all with new album 'Se Amaba Así' - out June 13th
Buscabulla bare all with Se Amaba Así
Acclaimed Puerto Rican indie duo heralds eagerly awaited second album
Out June 13th via Domino
First single “El Camino” single + video out now
Acclaimed Puerto Rican indie duo Buscabulla is excited to announce the release of their long-awaited second studio album, Se Amaba Así, featuring the first single, “El Camino.” An official music video premieres today on YouTube. “El Camino” is the incendiary opening track on Se Amaba Así, a raw and penetrating song cycle exploring the struggles and challenges of relationships in the modern world. It arrives via Domino on Friday, June 13th. An official album trailer welcoming fans into the world of Se Amaba Así is streaming now.
“‘El Camino’ is a dramatic disco guitar track about coming to a crossroads in a relationship and getting lost traveling through the uncharted, dark territories of life,” says Buscabulla’s Raquel Berrios. “We wanted to achieve a cinematic sound to open up the movie that is our new record.
"We took the decided approach to turn inward, to ourselves, and explore the struggles of not only our own romantic relationship but romantic relationships in general. Wrestling between traditional versus modern ideas of love, Se Amaba Así is a cathartic, self-reflective journey of songs influenced by Latin and tropical genres of the past seen through a contemporary lens."
Watch the video for “El Camino” here.
Listen to “El Camino” here.
Se Amaba Así artwork:
Tracklisting:
1. El Camino
2. Divini Tesoro
3. Miraverahí
4. Empuje
5. Te Fuiste
6. Se Amaba Así
7. Incrédula
8. Mi Marido
9. Mortal
10. De Lejito
Buscabulla will celebrate the arrival of Se Amaba Así with a U.S. headline tour getting underway June 19 at Miami, FL’s ZeyZey and then continuing through mid-July. Highlights include stops at such vaunted venues as Chicago, IL’s Lincoln Hall (June 28), Los Angeles, CA’s The Belasco (July 3), Phoenix, AZ’s Crescent Ballroom (July 6), and Austin, TX’s Antone’s Nightclub (July 10). For complete details and ticket information, please visit buscabulla.com.
BUSCABULLA - SE AMABA ASÍ U.S. TOUR 2025
JUNE
19 – Miami, FL – ZeyZey
20 – Orlando, FL – The Social
21 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Altar)
23 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd
24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
26 - Brooklyn, NY - TBC w/Chuwi
28 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
JULY
1 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
5 – San Diego, CA – Quartyard
6 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
9 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
10 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
11 – Dallas, TX – Tulips FTW
12 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
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Se Amaba Así – which loosely translates to The Way They Loved – sees Buscabulla co-founders Raquel Berrios and Luis Del Valle devoting their eagerly awaited second album to the ruthless examination of their private life as a couple, instrumentalizing myriad strains of Latin music to explore their most intimate struggles as both artists and lovers. From the neo-doowop of “Mi Marido” to the distorted guitars of “Mortal,” the album pushes the duo’s shared sonic world through dark synthesizers, witchy vocal loops, and the sharp snap of live percussion to create a singularly universal record about the difficulties inherent in keeping a relationship alive at this moment in time.
“I don’t like fantasy,” Berrios says. “I very much like to write about real life. If art isn’t about putting yourself in this vulnerable position, then what is the point of making it? Why do you want to make art from a safe place?”
Se Amaba Así follows last year’s acclaimed single, “11:11,” available now alongside an official music video directed by Latin Grammy Award-winner Jorge “Fish” Rodríguez (Calle 13) and streaming now on YouTube. Self-produced by Buscabulla and mixed by 2x GRAMMY® Award-winner Rich Costey (Muse, Foo Fighters), the dynamic, merengue-infused track marked the duo’s first original new song in over four years following 2020’s breakthrough debut album, Regresa. Named among NPR’s “Best Music of 2020” while being hailed by Pitchfork as “joyful and melancholic,” the album centered on Buscabulla’s return to their native Puerto Rico following more than a decade of living in New York City.
Along with global critical applause, Regresa captured the attention of the one and only Bad Bunny, who invited the duo to collaborate on “Andrea,” one of the many highlights of his chart-topping, Latin Grammy Award-winning album, 2022’s Un Verano Sin Ti. Now boasting more than 516M streams on Spotify alone, the track introduced Buscabulla to audiences worldwide, as did special guest performances at Bad Bunny’s blockbuster “World’s Hottest Tour” at stadiums in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the United States. The experience imbued Buscabulla with renewed ambition and revitalized creativity, the results of which first manifested themselves on “11:11” and now continue with Se Amaba Así.
“You have a purpose, and you have to fulfill it,” Berrios concludes. “That’s what this new era is about.”
Se Amaba Así is available now to pre-order digitally and on limited-edition Clear vinyl, standard Black vinyl, and CD. Pre-order: Dom Mart | Digital.
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