SPIRAL

It's our distinct pleasure to spotlight L.A.-bred creative, Angélica Garcia. 

Combining experimental pop with electronic, rock and Latino rhythms, her work has received critical acclaim across publications such as Rolling Stone, NY Times, and NPR. 

Truth be told, she's hard to put into words, let alone limit her to any specific genre. Instead she operates more like an evolving art installation fueled by a kaleidiscope of sight, sound, and spiritual inspiration.

With this exclusive SPIRAL issue, we welcome you to get to know her better by:

• reading our in depth Q&A
• watching her official videos
• listening to her current discography

If you have the opportunity, please go see her live! A YouTube viewer recently commented on a performance video, stating, "Angelica reached for the sky and touched it.  Her voice is captivating even while dancing ..." & we couldn't agree more!

UPCOMING SHOWS

• 7/18 San Juan Islands, WA >> Lavender Fest
• 7/25 Denver, CO >> Underground Music Showcase
• 8/29 Austin, TX >> Meadowfest

So glad you caught the show <3

My work as a performer is to channel. Shows feel like high-energy ritual because it’s essentially many people gathered with the intention of experiencing something at the same time. I write a lot about spiritual lessons— I’m glad that the feeling of ritual came across.

I’d love to work with Latin Mafia, Eartheater, Night tapes, Yung Lean, Kelela, Buscabulla to name a few

Thank you. I choose tone depending on what the song calls for. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right sound to pair with the lyrics. Overthinking is bad! The delivery is usually best when I just feel it in my body and let it out.

I plan to continue writing in both languages. They each come with their own special inspirations and challenges. I still think my favorite is writing in Spanish though. Writing in Spanish feels like connecting to something that started way before me. Writing in Spanglish is also very natural to me. It feels cute and reminds me of my friends and family.

I have a passion for visual storytelling. I see that on my path in the near future. Music is my primary focus, but it always pairs so beautifully with visuals. I can’t wait to expand on what that means for live shows and beyond.

My personal style has a lot to do with presenting the idea that’s in my work. I imagine who’s singing the songs and what that particular world looks like. I think about who the person singing is addressing. It takes me forever to find good tour outfits ha. If music is the soul, clothing is the skin.

I think I struggled before because I wanted to lead with concept. I worked so hard on concept and wanted to be sure that intention was heard. The original Gemelo cover was much more esoteric. But then I kind of realized that whether people receive my concept or not isn’t really my business. No matter how hard you work for something to be a certain way, it’s no longer yours when you share it with the world. I realized that to do anything on a global scale, I had to be willing to relinquish that control. Also, showing your face is a way of standing behind the work you create. It’s important for some people to connect to the person on the other side of the art. In order to give the work the best chance at being received I had to be okay with that. My advice is to allow the creation to grow! It’s a radical, powerful thing to be boldly yourself. Especially since it is so easy now to become numb from so many conveniences. Creative action is never a wasted effort. You never know who or what you can inspire.

It is definitely not always an act of self-care haha. BUT it was an act of radical self-actualization and empowerment. Most challenging aspect I’d say is the relentlessness of everything. Tour feels like battle to the body, it can be mentally lonely, things don’t stop just because you’re tired or at a limit. On the contrary, the most rewarding aspect is when life starts rewarding that energy you pour in a 3D way— things like getting to work with your heroes, performing in beautiful places. I am forever grateful for the sacred opportunity to be a free woman artist in the family line.

I think my ego gets scared sometimes. Worries about how people feel about me or my project or whatever. The blood doesn’t give af haha. It’s awesome to just lock in and know. A friend of mine said something to me and I thought he summed it up perfectly. “What are you pretending to not know?”. When it’s in you, when you have something to say or do, you just know what you have to do. That knowing means you don’t think about creation because you ARE creation expressing itself. That’s blood memory.

There are a lot of exciting things in the pipelineeeeee. BUT only one that I can talk about now. I have a new song coming out soon with my beloved producer friend Dave Sitek. He’s one of the most inspiring and cosmically creative people I’ve ever met. I love singing on his beats. The song is called “LIVE FOR IT”

I would pick Cama De Piedra.

Off of my EP Echo Eléctrico.

Bandcamp is the best!

I do small runs of merch / shirt designs as well.

Also all the online shoutouts on IG, Youtube , all the comments do more than you realize.

Thank you so much for every stream.

And please let me know if I should come to your city!