Manos Arriba
by Kevin McDermott
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The second in a series of single releases preceding a full album release later in the year, Manos Arriba pointedly chips away at the foundations of the gambling industry's business model which manufactures false hope to monetise human misery.
Aided, abetted and amplified by right-hand man and genius sonic architect Nicholas Blythe, Kevin coats the bitter pill of truth in an appropriately seductive, beckoning and intoxicating skin. A Latinate realm of whirling colour where mariachi trumpets, marimbas and Spanish guitars conjure a Pearl & Dean world of illusory wonder, addictive possibility and dazzling lights, so bright that you can’t see what you’re doing anymore. Jackpot, jackpot: you feed the beast while it eats you alive.
Brother Jim McDermott shakes the percussion drawer with focused enthusiasm; guest guitarist Mick Slaven explodes into glittering shards over the outro; and Kevin stalks the foreground as a Mephistophelean master of ceremonies, adopting the guise of an avuncular companion who’ll cheerfully sell you a dream while embodying the stuff of nightmares.
Manos Arriba translates directly as ‘surrender to me’. You bloody will and all.
Aided, abetted and amplified by right-hand man and genius sonic architect Nicholas Blythe, Kevin coats the bitter pill of truth in an appropriately seductive, beckoning and intoxicating skin. A Latinate realm of whirling colour where mariachi trumpets, marimbas and Spanish guitars conjure a Pearl & Dean world of illusory wonder, addictive possibility and dazzling lights, so bright that you can’t see what you’re doing anymore. Jackpot, jackpot: you feed the beast while it eats you alive.
Brother Jim McDermott shakes the percussion drawer with focused enthusiasm; guest guitarist Mick Slaven explodes into glittering shards over the outro; and Kevin stalks the foreground as a Mephistophelean master of ceremonies, adopting the guise of an avuncular companion who’ll cheerfully sell you a dream while embodying the stuff of nightmares.
Manos Arriba translates directly as ‘surrender to me’. You bloody will and all.
lyrics
Double 6 seven times
Luck be a Lady
She took all of mine
Double 6 seven times
Roll me a number
Spin me a line
Everything on Blue
I got the drop on you.
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Manos Arriba
Surrender to me
Double 6 seven times
Sell an illusion
Of one being nine
Everything as new
I got the drop on you
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Manos Arriba
Surrender to me
(All)
Haaauw ya
Haaauw ya
Haaauw ya
Haaauw ya
Manos Arriba
Surrender to me
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Surrender to me.
Luck be a Lady
She took all of mine
Double 6 seven times
Roll me a number
Spin me a line
Everything on Blue
I got the drop on you.
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Manos Arriba
Surrender to me
Double 6 seven times
Sell an illusion
Of one being nine
Everything as new
I got the drop on you
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Manos Arriba
Surrender to me
(All)
Haaauw ya
Haaauw ya
Haaauw ya
Haaauw ya
Manos Arriba
Surrender to me
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Surrender to me.
credits
released March 8, 2024
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