Rey Pila

Rey Pila formed in Mexico City in 2010 – their name means King Battery in Spanish. The quartet (Diego Solorzano, Andrés Velasco, Rodrigo Blanco & Miguel Hernández), specializes in synth-driven dance-rock – NME says they “sound like they were raised on a diet of The Cars, David Bowie and Kraftwerk.” In 2012 they relocated to New York City and started work on its second album at DFA Studios (home of LCD Soundsystem). That's when Julian Casablancas was hooked by their song “Alexander” and signed them to his Cult Records label. The Strokes singer produced three tracks on 'The Future Sugar,' which finally emerged in 2015. Rey Pila hit the road with Interpol, the Rentals, and Brandon Flowers and took a “less is more” approach to their latest EP, 'Wall of Goth,’ (2017) also co-produced by Casablancas and Shawn Everett. This EP took Rey Pila on a South-American tour with The Voidz, which was capped off with a sold-out headline show in Plaza Condesa, Mexico City. In 2018, Rey Pila released a cover of Siouxie and The Banshees's song, "Israel", and opened Depeche Mode's Global Spirit Tour Mexico City shows. A year later, they would also be invited by The Cure to open their massive Mexico show. After releasing a self-produced EP, Lucky No.7 (2019), the band ventured into new musical territories to expand on their characteristic sound for their third LP, Velox Veritas, co-produced by Dave Sitek (TV On the Radio) and released by Arts&Crafts Mexico in August 2020.