On their third album,
Habitación Doble, the
Pérez sisters come up with another handful of Latin pop gems amid an otherwise solid album.
Hanna and
Ashley Pérez, the American-born twentysomething sisters comprising
Ha*Ash, also continue to refine their own particular style of Latin pop, one that crosses
Shakira with the slick contemporary singer/songwriter country-pop of
Michelle Branch and her side project
the Wreckers. The
Pérez sisters wrote four of the 11 songs on
Habitación Doble, including a couple of the album's best songs ("Hasta Que Llegaste Tu," "Already Home"), and appear to taking the reins away from hitmaker
Aureo Baqueiro, who not only produced each
Ha*Ash album to date, but also wrote the bulk of the songs. This time
Baqueiro is credited with writing only two: "No Te Quiero Nada" and "Vamos a Llamarlo Amor." While both of the
Baqueiro songs are highlights, "No Te Quiero Nada" is particularly great. An emotional, punchy song with a standout chorus tailor-made for the
Pérez sisters' vocal harmonies and
Baqueiro's big wall of production, "No Te Quiero Nada" is among the best
Ha*Ash songs to date. Chosen as the lead single, it's a sure-fire Latin pop hit. The other especially notable song on
Habitación Doble is "Already Home," one of the aforementioned songs written by the sisters themselves. The song is notable in part because it's sung in English, a new if unsurprising development in the sisters' ongoing recording career; after all,
Hanna and
Ashley were born in the States and sing well in English, so it was only a matter of time before they tried out an English-language crossover single like "Already Home." The song's crossover potential is enhanced by a vocal feature courtesy of upstart folk-rock singer/songwriter
Brandi Carlile.