The New-York based galaxy-hopping quartet Combo Chimbita start 2025 in the clouds with a brand new single, the first with Wonderwheel Recordings – “Dímelo”. It’s a track that takes off on a high-note. Fast-paced and funky, the track takes the band’s signature glazy cumbia-influenced guitar rhythm and infuses it with a jazzy drum rhythm, guided by vocalist Carolina Oliveros’ soul, hypnotic voice.
“Dímelo” is an internal dialogue, a sonic representation of what it feels and sounds like to choose yourself. “Cuando por fin yo me elegí (I finally chose myself)” is a phrase that repeats consistently throughout the track. “It’s an honest song,” says Carolina Oliveros, “that speaks on what it means to understand that for however much you may love someone, you can’t force them to love you the same way- that that is love you have to give yourself.” The track was recorded in late 2023 alongside their last single “Margarita” with Victor Axelrod (aka Ticklah). In many ways, it’s the first track in a return to the band’s roots, and a hint of what’s to come.