Re Imagined: Durand Jones & The Indications – Cruisin’ To The Park (feat Y La Bamba)

Durand Jones & The Indications share a new version of the sweet soul anthem Cruisin' To The Park with a Mexican twist from Y La Bamba. The song is a B-side from their second album American Love Call, heavily inspired by Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, and The Impressions. When Durand Jones & The Indications released their sophomore LP, there was a bundle version of the album available that included a bonus 7" with Morning In America on the A-side and a true bonus B-side, Cruisin' To The Park. That B-side, an homage to lowriders everywhere, has become a theme for a whole new generation of sweet soul lovers.

The band's aesthetic steeped in the golden, strings-infused dreaminess of early ‘70s soul, but the Indications’ music is planted firmly in the present, with the urgency of this moment in time. Blending a slew of influences from years spent crate-digging, guitarist Blake Rhein says the Indications approach songs in the same way hip-hop producers do, as likely to pull inspiration from ‘70s folk-rock or classic R&B as they are Nas’ Illmatic.

The band's singer and drummer Aaron Frazer released this year his fantastic full LP debut album Introducing... via Dead Oceans / Easy Eye Sound, produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.

Listen to Durand Jones & The Indications featuring Y La Bamba on new version of their song Cruisin' To The Park: