12/9/2022
BORDER BAND
Hello Friends,
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We are writing to you from the border of Nuevo Leon (Mexico) and the southern tip of Texas (United States). A place where cultures, languages and music come to collide. “Weslaco” is a collaborative effort between several accomplished musicians from this part of the world, which has evolved to include genres such as rock, folk, americana, bluegrass, and pop country.
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“Spherical” is our first full length album, and we are so happy to announce that it will finally be released on December the 9th, 2022. On this 15-track album you will be able to listen to songs like “Southern Sun” a pop country anthem with soft acoustic guitars that explode into the chorus, “Credence”, a restful duet, which speaks about the insecurities that come with love. And “The Birds”, a tiny twangy nugget that talks about, you guessed it…birds.
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Juan Jones: voice/electric guitars/acoustic guitars/synths/rhodes
Lapas: producer/synths/rhodes/piano/percussions/ sound design
Ezkama: drums
Charly Castro: Bass
Alejandro Seyffert: electric guitars
Alan Ortega: pedal steel
Francisco Moreno: cello
Saverio Giandusa: organ
Priscilla Orfanos: voice
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So happy you are here, we hope you stick around
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-Weslaco
IMPORTANT DATES
LYRICS
Dawn
I’ve been, thinking.
Around again on the spherical, now ain’t that something
I’ve been wanting less lately…needing nothing really
Now ain’t that something
Wake up wake up it’s all happening now
Your heart is in motion, come figure things out
Wake up wake up, go to reach for the sun
You got what you need, you just need to hold on
For the night will come, and we’ll go around once again
Wake up
Wake up
Around again on the spherical, now aint that something
You Make it Easy
You always say, I make you laugh
I'ts cause, you make it easy to be funny
You come around when, I'm feeling down and
You make it easy to feel good
All I know is, it ain't been boring
You are the reasons why I wake up
Drinking a cup of tea
On the porch, listening to the morning begin
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That's all we need
Cause I know, you know, our love is infinite
There ain't nothing we can't talk about
I know, you know, are love is intimate
You treat me better than I ever could
I was a man, not man enough to see where I went wrong
I'was having none of that
So whatcha gonna do, with this cowboy shooting from the hips, momma
Whatcha gonna say, to make me realize, i felt elated by you
The Birds
Take me back to the Rio Grande
So, I can look up at the sky, oh my my
I see the birds coming
Its where the people congregate
They've come to see the birds migrate,
Oh, my my, I get that feeling all the time Oh, my my
Drive me back north of the border
So I can follow in their path
Oh my myy, I Love to watch them fly
See No one’s checking for their papers
They’re free to go and fly on by
Oh my my, so why the fuck you checking mine
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I see the birds coming (Oh my my)
Credence
I can't go without it, but you sure act like you can
I should spend the night away, keep my head over water
I sure wish that trust was easy, but it aint mine for me to give
I can not forgive me, from where I lay, I'm by myself
I needed somebody to stay
Nah, you needed somebody to leave, that somebody is me.
I wanted for forever, please keep us over water,
I feel the weather change, I feel it in my eyes again
Wish I could hold you
But I can’t, oh it feels like we're falling
No I can’t, why would I, let you leave
I did not believe in second chances, till I needed one
I'm more scared of loneliness, than forgiveness
So I think, you should find a way back home, I'd be waiting by our backyard door
Its 2am, again, Wish I could hold you
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But I can’t, oh it feels like we're falling
And I can’t, why would I, let you leave
(I needed somebody to come back around, I needed somebody to figure me out, I needed somebody to stay for a while, I needed somebody, you're are somebody who should be around)
I need to hold you, again.
The Prayer
This song is dedicated to the big man upstairs
I love you man
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I’m taking of this situation whatever I need
But I know you need for me to pray beneath the willow tree
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It might be selfish for me to think about everything I want
But I want more than I got, so I’m praying up above
I know I got you on my shoulder for whatever I need
Lord, please bring it down to me
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I want money I want cars, I want a big ass house
I want anything and everything I can get my hands on
I want shit that I don't need cause I need all the shit I want
I want more than what I got, cause what I got just ain't enough
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I want to wake up every morning to the smell of dollar bills
I want the super-size, the extra cup of fries
Double triple with the double wide
I want to wake up every morning with all these things right next to me
I'll pray these things into existence lord, please bring it down to me
Lord listen to me pray, god almighty
Hallelujah
To The Sun
My wheels to the sun, I
As I wait in the wind, I know why
The road up the hill, led us here
And the need to digress, made me see
So please let me out
I know that face
And I’ve seen the tide
So please let me out
As I understand, things were done
I wanted to be alone, but not by myself
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So please let me out
I'm down on my knees, begging to leave
So please let me out
My Wheels to the sun…
Stepping Stones
Stepping stones across the lawn
Why did we do that
We’re trying to protect the things we love
So I’m placing stepping stones across your heart
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Cause Why would I, talk to you that way
When you give me all of you, every single day
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Stepping stones across your heart
So I don’t bring you down or tear you apart
I should be man enough
So I’m placing stepping stones across the things I love
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Why would I, disagree
When you give me everything, I could ever need
Why would I, ever treat you like that
You’re always the last to bed, and the first to wake
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Stepping stones across the lawn
Stepping stonces across your heart
I'm placing stepping stones across the things I love.
I'm Still Here
I threw my wish into the well, thinking I don't belong here
Cause All i know, is i don't get better
That's how i feel
I wish you saw yourself like I see you
Cause you’re beautiful, you keep me warm like the rays of the sun
All i know, is you make me better
That's how i feel
Please dont leave, stay here
Why would I leave boy, I’m still here
I'm up again, watching you breath
The night bring out the dark in me sometimes I wish, I could sleep
Step out of yourself
There's no need to worry
Cause I've loved you since I've known love
Thats how i feel
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I'm still here
Southern Sun
Born down the middle to a southern sun
Round these mountains where I come from
Ain't got time I’ve been on the run
Round these mountains where I come from
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I’ve been drinking all night, your favorite wine
Cause it brings me back to you
And now I know why I keep dreaming you at night
You said you’ve seen me coming round the bend, one hundred million times
Never thought you’d notice when I’d come around
See I’d been Round these mountains where I come from
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And I, had a feeling I should come here, I had a feeling I would find
And you, said you were going through the motion, all you needed was some time
Under the southern sun, that’s where we belong
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Born down the middle to a southern sun
Round these mountains where i come from
Round these mountains that saw me grow
Round these mountains where
In Reach
Why, must we
Keep ourselves out of reach
You see I can't, meet you halfway
From the corner of our bed
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You know I’m the wild one, you know I am
I know I'm the reason for the distance in our bed
You know I've tried before, and I'll try again
To keep us within
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Keep me, in reach
Day Drinking
Day drinking is what I do, day drinking with you
Cause God I love the taste of whiskey, and girl I love you too
I never felt more alive, then drinking by your side
Lets go get really tipsy get real drunk, under the sun
Theres aint no place i'd rather be, cause you’re the only one I ever dream of
I ever want
Give me a shot a whiskey, shot me another round
I wanna keep on drinking, till the sun comes down
Day drinking is what I want, just sit back on the lawn
Sipping on a forty, smoking a big cigar
I wanna start at 11, and be in bed by 7
So give me a shot a whiskey, shot me another round
Keep em coming, till the sun comes down
The Devils
Don’t get me started on this sentimental morning shit
I, been worried about so much more
You know I, feel like giving up sometimes, but I'm back at it again
I’m back at it again
I look upon the sky at night, the light is coming back today
a blue ray, visions of an inner mind set by the fray
I'd become numb, unmeasurable
From here to nowhere, Id never seen anything quite like it
Where might I run (run back to where you came from)…shit
It was unmeasurable, but I'm back at it again
El Stench
I went on a trip to a town by the hills
With my friends on my the back seat
Keeping me company, cause we were willing to die.
We walked through the desert looking for greens
Looking for anything to keep me out of my head, I said
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So if I feel like letting go. Take me back to the hills
And if I try, but can't seem to find, take me back
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We read books we threw rocks we contemplated change
Of particular people with particular names
You said, don't go and eat your heart out
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So tell your friends that you love them
And ask for forgivenes when you fuck up
Cause I came here looking for something, I already had
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So as we sit on the roof of this truck, 60 kilometers even enough
To fly me away
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So if I feel like letting go. Take me back to the hills
And if I try, but can't seem to find, take me back
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Take me back to the hills, I need to go to the hills
Please take me back
This song is about a peyote eating trip I took with Pete, Andy, Many and Maurice, AKA The stench
Restart
I’ve been, driving, to get away from myself
Make no sense at all, I Guess it's time to come home
So I’ll try, to stop by, but it feels like such a long ride
I guess it's easier said then done
I guess it's time for a restart
From the valley to the river
Up the road from where we grew up
I've been turning on the key, I've been looking for a restart
From the mountains to the ocean
I can finally see it clearer
I've been hoping on forgiveness I've been looking for a restart
The Reasons for leaving was, this growing town was killing me slowly
Cause when I die I want it, to be from natural causes
Ain't it funny how the living think more about dying than living
Mantra
A circle ends where it begins, that is the essence of its shape.
Where sunrise, turns to sunset turns to twilight.
Two dimensional shapes intertwined to form but one solid entity
The more diverse our circles, the stronger our spheres
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It’s hard for me, to be, what you need
I just need to go back to sleep now, around the spherical once again