Adrian Quesada will release Boleros Psicodélicos II on June 27th via ATO Records, the Texas producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and Black Pumas co-founder’s forthcoming LP is a sequel to 2022’s Boleros Psicodélicos LP.

Produced by Adrian Quesada and Alex Goose (Aaron Frazer, Childish Gambino), Boleros Psicodélicos II blends harpsichord flourishes, distorted guitar lines, lyrical drama and other bolero signatures with hip-hop elements and heavy grooves that cut through the album’s theme of heartbreak. Across the album’s twelve tracks, collaborations come from a cast of Latin artists, including Los Angeles singer-songwriter Cuco, Angélica Garcia, Chilean singer-songwriter Gepe, Cuban singer Daymé Arocena, Colombian gypsy-jazz combo Monsieur Periné, Chihuahua’s lo-fi troubadour Ed Maverick, Swiss-Ecuadorian duo Hermanos Gutiérrez and more, as well as Puerto Rican vocalist and former Calle 13 member iLe, who reunites with Quesada following their epic “Mentiras con Cariño,” from the first Boleros Psicodélicos.

“I was surprised at how many people knew about Boleros Psicodélicos. In record stores and radio stations, people all over the world were asking me if I was doing a volume two. But I definitely needed another perspective, because I didn’t want to make the same album twice. I gave Alex Goose one of the tracks to see what he could do with it, and the following day sat behind him in the studio and watched him work. It was like handing the project to a hip-hop producer. He kept the essence of it, but made some really bold decisions. I still wanted the album to feel timeless, but I didn’t want to pretend like it was recorded in the ’70s anymore. I wanted it to play just as loud next to a Bad Bunny record. The first Boleros Psicodélicos was done remotely during the pandemic, and no one was in the studio with me. I had written more songs in that same style, and wanted to give myself the opportunity to expand. I could write a hundred songs in this same vein. It’s just where I’ve been, both sonically and mentally. It’s my favorite place to be.”

-Adrian Quesada

“”Ojos Secos” is all about heartbreak,” adds Cuco. “I wanted it to feel like an old bolero, something timeless and romantic.”

In his career Adrian Quesada has released an instrumental noir called Jaguar Sound, created the soundtrack for the film Home Free, toured the world in support of Black Pumas’ Chronicles of a Diamond, and, most recently, earned an Academy Award nomination for his song “Like A Bird,” from A24’s Sing Sing. But having grown up bilingual, living on the Texas/Mexico border city of Laredo, his obsession with Latin American balada music dates back two and a half decades, to when he first discovered a song by Los Pasteles Verdes on one of Austin, TX’s local AM radio stations. Since then, he has worked with everyone from Prince to Los Lobos and Wu-Tang’s GZA, bridging the gap between musical worlds, and extending his influences even further.

Adrian Quesada
Boleros Psicodélicos II
Tracklist
ATO Records

Ojos Secos (feat. Cuco)
Bravo (feat. iLe)
No Juego (feat. Angélica Garcia)
Cuatro Vidas (feat. Mireya Ramos)
Afuera (feat. Ed Maverick)
Primos (feat. Hermanos Gutiérrez)
Hoy Que Llueve (feat. Trish Toledo)
Agonía (feat. Monsieur Periné)
Te Vas y Yo Te Dejo (feat. Gepe)
El Diamante
Tu Poder (feat. Natalia Clavier)
No Temeré (feat. Daymé Arocena)

Adrian Quesada 2025 Tour Dates

4/3 – Austin, TX – Terrace at the Long Center
5/7 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach*
5/9 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater*
5/10 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall*
5/11 – Dallas, TX – Longhorn Ballroom*
5/13 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre*
5/15 – Tucson, AZ – The Rialto Theatre*
5/16 – San Diego, CA – The Sound*
5/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre*
5/20 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater*
5/21 – Sacramento, CA – Channel 24*
5/24 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen*

Pre-order Boleros Psicodélicos II HERE