FRUTA BRUTAL
Fruta Brutal offers an eclectic repertoire of English, Spanish, and Spanglish compositions. The band’s message culminates in the effort to combat racial inequality and injustice. They opened for the nationally acclaimed bilingual band Making Movies for their “Immigrants are Beautiful” Tour, and performed at New Orleans’ iconic Tipitina’s, the Fox Theatre, the Colorado Latinx Festival, the Boulder International Film Festival, and the Lafayette Youth Advisory Commission’s annual Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez Celebrations. Fruta Brutal was booked to open for the Grammy Award-winning band Bacilos at the Summit in Denver on April 12, 2020, but, due to the pandemic, the Bacilos tour was postponed until further notice.
As an Ecuadorian immigrant, the band's founder Martin Better Longo feels it is his duty to create music with the intention of enabling intersections between listeners that wouldn’t otherwise be part of the same audience: English and Spanish speakers, as well as bilingual people, who come together to celebrate being part of the same society through the act of engaging in the artistic realm. He is now focusing on releasing new music that is more accessible to a wider audience. These upcoming singles, set to be released beginning in September 2020, continue to showcase the synthetic approach of Fruta Brutal, while implementing more modern tendencies. 'Just Wait for It' speaks of those who embrace not knowing exactly who they will be once profound change has taken its course. Given its meaning, and since it’s the first of a series of synth pop singles that he plans to release monthly, Just Wait for It is a great introduction to Fruta Brutal’s new direction. However, no matter what shape the music may take, Fruta Brutal will always support the ripening of cultural fruits that move us forward during times of backward brutality. #BLM #ImmigrantsAreBeautiful
As an Ecuadorian immigrant, the band's founder Martin Better Longo feels it is his duty to create music with the intention of enabling intersections between listeners that wouldn’t otherwise be part of the same audience: English and Spanish speakers, as well as bilingual people, who come together to celebrate being part of the same society through the act of engaging in the artistic realm. He is now focusing on releasing new music that is more accessible to a wider audience. These upcoming singles, set to be released beginning in September 2020, continue to showcase the synthetic approach of Fruta Brutal, while implementing more modern tendencies. 'Just Wait for It' speaks of those who embrace not knowing exactly who they will be once profound change has taken its course. Given its meaning, and since it’s the first of a series of synth pop singles that he plans to release monthly, Just Wait for It is a great introduction to Fruta Brutal’s new direction. However, no matter what shape the music may take, Fruta Brutal will always support the ripening of cultural fruits that move us forward during times of backward brutality. #BLM #ImmigrantsAreBeautiful