Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi is the funnest record of 2026

March 15, 2026 Terrence O’Brien

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The cover of Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi, featuring an abstract painting of two people. — Can’t. Stop. Dancing. | Image: Wonderwheel Recordings

Shout out to subscriber N_Gorski for today's pick. They popped into the comments on last week's recommendation to ask what I thought of the new Sotomayor record. Well, I hadn't actually heard it yet, but now I'm obsessed.

The group consists of siblings Raul and Paulina Sotomayor from Mexico City. Wabi Sabi is their first record since 2020's Origenes, and it is pure joy. You can look back through everything I've recommended over the last several months, and "fun" is not how you'd describe most of it. But that's what Wabi Sabi is - it's fun, chaotic, and dancey as hell.

I was only familiar with Sotomayor before this because of a short docume …

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