If you’re like Borracho, one of your new year’s resolutions was to have us shoot our first video. Well we’ve been busy making sure we make good on all of our promises! The above clip, provided by one of our excellent camera men, Chris Smith, gives a little taste of the video goodies we gots coming. Enjoy, and stay tuned…

The boys of your Borracho are blasting into the new year with just-announced dates in January and February.

Join us January 20 at DC’s Black Cat as we provide sonic support for the 15 speaker cabinet, 7,000 watt juggernaut duo that is Jucifer.

Then, the very next night, truck out to the infamous Jaxx Nightclub as we help celebrate the release of Dismal Hollow — the sophomore release from our boys in King Giant. A loud, southern-fried, stoned rumbler, this record is just fantastic and we’re looking forward to help bring it upon the masses with ample additional support from fellow horn-throwing troubadours The Crimson Electric. And as a special nod to the kids, this show is all ages.

In February, Borracho brings it straight to the heart of the keystone beast with our first show in Pennsylvania! All you central Pa. bitches head over to The Depot in York on the 10th for a serious, slow rocking with Thunder Fist, Kingsnake & Witch Hazel. Boom!

The Black Cat is located in Washington, D.C.. Jaxx Nightclub is located in Springfield, Va. The Depot is located in York, Pa.

Borracho LIVE with Kingsnake & Rezin Dec. 16 at the Velvet Lounge, Washington, D.C.

Your Borracho will officially celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed debut Splitting Sky as well as the release of the first 7″ single from the record, “Concentric Circles/Círculos Concéntricos,” at DC’s Velvet Lounge this Friday, December 16. Borracho will be joined by special guests Maryland’s melodic hard rockers Rezin, and Philadelphia area blues rockers Kingsnake.

In addition to the CD edition, which dropped June 28 on the band’s own The Livingroom Records imprint and worldwide via digital distribution, Borracho’s debut full-length album is now also available on 180g blue-splatter-on-clear vinyl, produced in limited quantities by Germany’s No Balls Records. The vinyl release — dubbed an “Instant Classic” by heavyplanet.net — is accompanied by hand-screened and numbered sleeves.

Adding another number to the stable, Spain’s Ghost Highway Recordings and DC’s own Fandango Records have come together to release the first single off of Splitting Sky in both English and Spanish. Concentric Circles/Círculos Concéntricos was released in October on 180g gold vinyl in both the US and Spain and is available in either English or Spanish sleeves.

Splitting Sky (CD)

CD – 57 min. – Released: 2011 (The Living Room Records)
$12 US

Borracho delivers a groove-laden and epic heavy rock sound that combines soaring musicality with subterranean propulsion. The band builds their sound on the classic (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath), the heavy (Mastodon, High on Fire) and the stoned (Down, Fu Manchu) to create a sonic richness squarely rooted in the heritage of Mid-Atlantic stoner rock, having been compared to such scene luminaries as Sixty Watt Shaman, Scott “Wino” Weinrich and Clutch. Splitting Sky — 57 minutes of sonically devastating, dynamically captivating music — is already hailed by critics using superlatives like “epic,” “classic,” and “best of the year.”

Splitting Sky (LP)

LP – 45 min. – Released: 2011 (No Balls Records)
$25 US (IMPORTED, Limited Edition)

Borracho’s sonically devastating, dynamically captivating release Splitting Sky available on 180g, blue-splatter-on-clear vinyl! Produced by our dear, dear friends at No Balls Records, this limited edition platter imported directly from Germany is packaged in hand-screened sleeves, each hand-numbered and guaranteed to rock the stylus right off yer turntable. Due to space constraints this release does not include “Plunge/Return”.

Concentric Circles (7″ Single)

7″ Single – 6:42 min. – Released: 2011 (Ghost Highway Recordings/Fandango Records)
$10 US (Limited Edition)

The first cut off of Borracho’s sonically devastating, dynamically captivating release Splitting Sky available on 180g, gold vinyl! B-side is the same track with lyrics in Spanish! This limited-edition release features hand-numbered jackets in English. Get em while they last!

Círculos Concéntricos (7″ Single)

7″ Single – 6:42 min. – Released: 2011 (Ghost Highway Recordings/Fandango Records)
$10 US (Limited Edition)

The first cut off of Borracho’s sonically devastating, dynamically captivating release Splitting Sky available on 180g, gold vinyl! B-side is the same track with lyrics in Spanish! For you collectors out there, this limited-edition release features hand-numbered jackets in Spanish with reversed colors from the English version.

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Orange Logo on Brown (T-shirt)

$15 US

Got a few too many black shirts with white graphics on em? Borracho understands this most basic of metal fan dilemmas. Now you can stand proud at the club and stand out in the crowd with this sharp little number. Back blank, All cotton.

White Logo on Black (T-shirt)

$15 US

Sizes available:
Small

The classic original in proper metal “colors” featuring an early transitional logo — collectors grab em now! Back blank, All cotton.

Blue Chica on Black (T-shirt)

$15 US

Sizes available:
Small		Medium
Large		X-Large

Nothing says “Borracho” better than hot, armed women in bikinis! Back blank, All cotton.

Orange Chica on Black (T-shirt)

$15 US

Sizes available:
Small		Medium
Large		X-Large

La Chica in all her sombreroed sexiness! Put this on and be mistaken for Mario’s bass drum! Back blank, All cotton.

Cover art for the Concentric Circles single – click for larger image

That’s right boys and girls. Borracho will bring in October with not one, but TWO new vinyl releases. First, the much anticipated release of Splitting Sky on blue-splatter wax with hand-screened sleeves of all original art from STE will hit the shores of the US next week. While a firm release date is not being promised, there may be copies on-hand for the band’s September 21 appearance with Karma to Burn at the Rock and Roll Hotel in DC. Fans in Europe can order directly from No Balls Records starting around September 26, and the LP will be available directly from the band in the music section. Contact us at info@borrachomusic.com

And, as a treat to our Latin American and Spanish fans, a limited edition 7″ release of “Círculos Concéntricos” — the Spanish version of the album track Concentric Circles — is being released jointly on Fandango Records in the US and Ghost Highway Recordings in Spain, and will be available through both labels and our site in the music section on or around September 30. Grab a copy while you can. For you collectors, 150 copies will have sleeves in Spanish, and 150 will have sleeves in English. Grab one of each!

UPDATE: Now buy all our merch right here! Click on the “Store” link on the right of every page to buy the new wax, t-shirts, and more. You’re welcome!

Borracho live at the Cake Shop in NYC. (Photo by JJ Koczan, courtesy the Obelisk/theobelisk.net)

More shows on the calendar for September in the Mid-Atlantic USA. Your Borracho will appear live and in person in Richmond VA on the 9th at Wonderland with Black Thai and Pike Possum, the 21st in DC at RnR Hotel with Karma to Burn and King Giant, and the 30th in Burtonsville MD at Chapala’s Blue Beetle Rock Bar with Nitroseed and Rezin. We ‘may’ have the vinyl of Splitting Sky at the show on the 30th. Check out the shows section and stay tuned…