Once again produced by Kaki Arkarazo,
Gigantes, the third studio album album by the Bizkaia, Spain pop/rock quintet
El Mentón de Fogarty, is another collection of sunny, beat-influenced tunes, alternately buoyant or nostalgic. The band appears more assured and eclectic than in the past, and begins to broaden its sound by including traditional folk instruments as well as the input from other musicians, such as
Kepa Junkera, Iñigo Olazabal, and Natxo Beltrán. The lead single, "Kantauri," was chosen by the Basque region to become the song of its 2012 tourism campaign, and the band was invited to record it in Spanish, Euskera, and English, and to shoot its promotional video in many of the region's beautiful holiday spots. ~ Mariano Prunes