When I first heard the record “A Place To Call Home” by this Southamerican band it made me fall in love in their music immediately. I met Dalin and the guys personally at Punk Rock Holiday this Summer and I made this interview there with Dalin.

Tell me how did you get into whole underground thing, the underground scene, how did you start going to gigs, listen to the music?

First of all, thank you for this, I really appreciate the love and support. Basically, I was 13 years old Southamerican kid and kinda heard this music by NOFX, Lagwagon, bands like Strung Out, basically I got into this because of skating, I was a skater, you know. I followed this path because I really liked the message of bands like Propagandhi and Good Riddance. I never expected to be famous or recognized because for me it was more the fun thing and I discovered there were people in the scene that think like me, so I could take my band and play through the countries of South America.

You have a new album out. What is the difference between the new album and the last one you did?

We switched to singing in English about four years ago and released two albums in English. One is “Beyond Borders” in 2015. and the new one ” A Place To Call Home”. They are different because the new one is like more positive, lyrics are more comprehensive. The tunes are more rythmically happy and “Beyond Borders” is kinda an obscure album with political songs, the new album is also musically different because of the energy, it is hundred percent positive and people tell us that it is different compared to the old one.

Yes, I mean, the new album is nice, because, in my opinion, you kept that political edge about living in South America. How is living in South America different now that you have seen and experienced European living and culture?

When I was singing in Spanish for years, I was able to sing about the themes like politics in society and being in a band I realized I was somehow empowered so I turned to write smarter lyrics for people to open their eyes and realize there is so much shit going on in todays society. The difference between South America and Europe? Many of the Euro bands sing in English and the topics are quite similar and people are used to political lyrics. Being a band from South America in not like that, you have to sing about good things and you can not sing against the state or government. To us, it was a huge step to come here because it was not easy for us to cross all that borders. Our lyrics are now in English so people can understand that we have same problems with corruption and stuff, so in fact the whole world is one united nation.

You are on tour right now. How is the tour going? The specifics for this tour is that you have no rented van, no tour bus, no big music business, its total DIY, like traveling by train, by bus, by hitched cars, so how did the tour go so far?

Well, you can call this tour “The Third World Tour”. For us, everything is good, were making some new friends, were meeting old friends. I dont mind taking buses, taking trains it feels kinda weird but I am used to this. We see the scenes in other countries and were having fun, thats the point. I was very sad because I wanted to play in Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro but I wasnt able to do this, because as a Colombian  I need special visa. So, we tried to reach the most countries we could and this tour was possible because of the support and love of the many people involved. My beautiful friends, so this tour is made by love and so far it is okay, its really cool. After we play here, were going to Umag, Croatia and the last show in Graz, Austria. Its like eleven shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDAa4g2tqw

Do you have any newer South American bands that you would like to recommend to check out? When I was a kid we only knew Sepultura, Ratos De Porao, Acao Direta…Is there a new scene? As I understand you live in Porto Allegre. How is the scene in your town?

Well, there was a huge scene in my town and the whole continent but now the people that made the scene back then grew up and it is not the same as it was back then. I used to play to five to ten thousand people, sold a lot of merch but now only small venues and diy shows remain and fifty or hundred kids show up at the show. But it is still great because it is not about big venues or numbers. When you have a big, corrupt government the music is sometimes the only way out.

Thank you Dalin! It was an honour to do this interview!

Keep up the good work and thanks!