We Are Friends (album)

## *We Are Friends*

***We Are Friends*** is the second studio album by the Argentine bilingual electropop band Los Coming Soon, released on April 1, 2014 by HDA. This album was produced by Patricio Hirsch at HDA, recorded by Juan Stewart at El Árbol studio, mixed by Eric Broucek and mastered by Joe Lambert in New York, USA. In the song "Mañana" he has the collaboration of the singer of the band Miranda! Ale Sergi.

In 2014, the single "La Pista" was ranked No.3 in a TOP 5 weekly list made by Rolling Stone Argentina. Then in 2015, “Voodoo Toy” ranked No.4 on the weekly TOP 5. "Voodoo Toy" is the first song sung in English and with an animated production by an Argentine band.

## Writing and recording

As the songs were written, they went through several composition changes to define the song. Hirsch had problems composing, since he had to learn to write in Spanish.

In the recordings that took hours in the study, anxiety was found in the Hirsch brothers. The recorded voices did not have tunings or tweaks to make them sound good. At the time of mixing the brothers thought about who could mix the album, dreaming that it would be Nile Rodgers. But Broucek from DFA (NY, USA) arrived. The Hirschs contacted their manager and sent them some songs which they ended up accepting. The mix fee was high and Hirsch offered what he had to Broucek, he mixed 8 songs, but Hirsch got acquainted with it and in the end Broucek finished mixing the entire album.

## Colaboration with Ale Sergi

Ale Sergi contributed vocals to the song "Mañana". Sergi chose LCS for a survey in *Suplementos SÍ!*, after which he invited the band to open the concerts before Miranda! at the Opera City Theatre. They began to become friends and LCS invited Sergi to sing one of their songs.

## Release

In 2013, the band released their advance single "La Pista". Which its music video was recorded at Hotel Alvear Palace (BA) and under the direction of Lucas Shannon.

In April 2014, the album was officially released independently on HDA, a label created by the Hirsch brothers. They made the decision to be independent as they did not want a producer to tell them "how to sound" and to keep their musical legacy safe.

## Singles from the album

 2014
 "—" indicates that the releases are not listed

## Personnel

LCS
* Patricio David Hirsch — vocals, electric guitar
* Laura Hirsch — vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
* Javier Ignacio Otero — bass
* Rodrigo Bodaño — drums

Additional musicians
* Ale Sergi — vocals (in the tracks: "Mañana")

Production and design
* Patricio Hirsch — producer
* Juan Stewart — recording engineers (Studio El Árbol, Argentina)
* Eric Broucek — audio mixing (NY, USA)
* Joe Lambert — mastering (NY, USA)
* Laura Hirsch — album art

## See also

* List albums Argentine 2014
* Bounce Into the Music (album by SIAMÉS)

## References

1. ↑ "Los Coming Soon apuestan al baile" (Spanish). *TN (La Viola: música popular)* (30-05-2014). Retrieved on July 16, 2023.
2. ↑ lanacionar (28-03-2014). "Top 5: los videos de la semana" (Spanish). *La Nación*. *Rolling Stone*. Retrieved on July 17, 2023.
3. ↑ lanacionar (06-03-2015). "Top 5: los videos de la semana" (Spanish). *La Nación*. *Rolling Stone*. Retrieved on July 17, 2023.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Soler, Facundo Enrique (08-05-2014). "La ansiedad es combustible" (Spanish). *Página/12 (No! Suplementos)*. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved on July 16, 2023.
5. ↑ Vargas, Joel (25-05-2014). "LOS COMING SOON: SER MÁS NOSOTROS MISMOS" (Spanish). *artezeta.com.ar*. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved on July 16, 2023.
6. ↑ "Los Coming Soon – We Are Friends" (Spanish). *zonaindie.com.ar* (07-05-2014). Archived from the original on April 6, 2014. Retrieved on July 16, 2023.
7. ↑ "Joe Lambert Selected Discography" (English). Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved on July 16, 2023. “Official site and list of works of the same”