MIGAJITAS

by Alice Bag

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Last July I moved to Mexico City - Tenochtitlán - the land of my ancestors and I quickly fell in love not only with the city but with the music scene here. I didn’t have a band right away but I was eager to jump in so I started working on Spanish language versions of two songs from my last album on In The Red Records, Sister Dynamite. These two new recordings feature my original L.A. band, made up of David Jones, Candace Hansen, Rikki Watson, and Sharif Dumani with brand new backing vocals by Sara Norman and Violeta Hinojosa, respectively, the guitarist and bassist of the Mexico City hardcore punk band, Soga.

Sara and and Violeta immediately made me feel like punk family when I relocated to Mexico City in 2021, so it’s only fitting that they became my “Coro de Brujas” (Choir of Witches) for these songs.

Migajitas means Breadcrumbs and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this feminist take on the Hansel and Gretel fairytale translated successfully with the storybook references intact.

Aviéntate Ya is about having the courage to take risks. As a 63 year old woman, I know that society expects me to act a certain way, and releasing new punk music at my age doesn’t fit that expectation but the reward of being true to myself is worth the risk.

- Alice Bag

lyrics

Te vi tirando migajitas
Esperabas encontrar
Un caminito de regreso
Después de vagabundear

Tu me veías
Como villana
Pues con ser fuerte
Te rete y te asuste

Migajitas
Yo ya las barrí
Migajitas
No vuelvas aquí
Migajitas
Alto donde estes,
Alto!
No!
Des revés!

Dañaste ramas y follaje
Cuando saliste a vagar
Marcabas bien tu territorio
Por si querías regresar
Haz de creer en cuentos de hadas
Pero en este feliz final
La bruja va a triunfar
La bruja va a triunfar!

Migajitas
Yo ya las barrí
Migajitas
No vuelvas aquí
Migajitas
Alto donde estes
Alto!
No!
Des revés!

Anda pues
Que siga tu
Búsqueda
Por alguien más
Dulce- ya
Que esa no soy yo!

Anda pues
Que siga tu
Búsqueda
Por alguien más
Dulce- ya
Que esa no soy yo!

Migajitas
Migajitas
Migajitas

credits

released February 25, 2022
Drums: Rikki Watson
Bass: David O. Jones
Guitars: Sharif Dumani
Glockenspiel and Organ: Alice Bag
Lead vocals: Alice Bag
Backing Vocals: Sara Norman and Violeta Hinojosa

Music recorded and engineered at Station House Recording, produced by Lysa Flores
Vocals recorded and engineered at La Bestia CDMX by Tibu; produced by Alice Bag

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Alice Bag Los Angeles, California

Singer/songwriter, musician, author, artist, educator and feminist. Cofounder of one of the first bands to form during the initial wave of punk in Los Angeles. Her self-titled 2016 debut album received critical acclaim and was named one of the Best Albums of 2016 by AllMusic. Her second album Blueprint was named one of the Best Albums of 2018 by NPR and the L.A. Times. ... more

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