Cortez Return With "Thieves And Charlatans"

This Friday, Boston's CORTEZ will release their fourth studio album Thieves And Charlatans via Ripple Music. The record features seven tracks and includes special guests Craig Riggs (Kind) and Jim Healey (Blood Lightning) on vocals, and is a perfect follow-up to their 2020 epic Sell The Future.

"We were a bit selfish while writing and recording this album,” says guitarist Scott O’Dowd. “There's probably one of our catchiest songs in ‘Gimme Danger (On My Stereo),’ and yet some of our longer, gloomier songs as well. There are also more complex guitar and vocal arrangements than in the past."

“This album is an anomaly of sorts because these songs were written and recorded in a vacuum, during a pandemic,” reminds vocalist Matt Harrington. “Cortez has never been shy about playing new songs before they are released, and this is the first time we didn't have the filter of an audience. I feel like this is a more personal record as a result. We wrote these songs as friends in a room that no longer exists, holding onto something real in a prolonged period of extreme doubt, and we present them in the same way."

Pre-order Thieves And Charlatans HERE.

Thieves and Charlatans tracklist:
1. Gimme Danger (On My Stereo)
2. Leaders Of Nobody
3. Stove Up
4. No Heroes
5. Levels
6. Odds Are**
7. Liminal Spaces
8. Solace
**CD/digital only

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