It's not every day that a musician travels all the way from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Sacramento, California (nearly 6,500 miles) just to be on my show. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's not the only reason that Juan Pablo Mazzola, the mastermind behind Baby Scream, came to Northern California. But since he was here, and his band has become a favorite on the California Diner, it was only right that I should snag him for an interview and in-studio session.
Baby Scream just released a self-titled album in December. It's chock-full of power pop gems, and even a driving rock number (Lazy) that features a really nice Brazilian bossa nova intro.
I spent a few hours with Juan, and found that we had similar musical tastes, and he has an encyclopedic knowledge of American and British music of the last four decades. What really surprised me was that he counts among his greatest influences the whole 1990s Minneapolis/Midwest Americana scene. Bands like Golden Smog, the Jayhawks, the Replacements, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, etc., really inform Baby Scream's music. Knowing this, you can really hear it in the song structures. Even so, Baby Scream is original. They combine crunchy guitars with a driving beat, breathtaking melodies and Juan's one of a kind vocals. And those lyrics. They are sophisticated and literate in English—no small feat, considering that they were written by a guy whose native language is Spanish! He writes better English language songs than many American and British songwriters I've heard!
We'll hear a couple of tracks off the new album, take a phone call from Chicago featuring one of Baby Scream's biggest fans, and Juan even takes my old acoustic guitar for a spin, and performs live versions of a couple more of his new songs.
http://www.myspace.com/babyscream
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See you then!
Chef Mike
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MN2BDNC
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