Ahh "world music". Growing up I thought that meant that you had someone famous (aka Paul Simon) going out into the world and recording music with folks that you might not otherwise be hearing from (aka Africans). The result? One of the best albums of all time, no questions. World music these days though has such a wider audience that now it is a non-stop flow of new music from all over the world.
From the Canary Islands by way of Barcelona, Pablo Diaz-Reixa et. al certainly are making worldly music. This by no way means that they are making music of the same caliber as Mr. Paul Simon did back in the day, even with their African tinged rhythms and chanting. This is more the soundtrack to a party I wouldn't want to be invited to than a revolution. It is more repetition than ingenuity. It is more average than amazing.
"Palmitos Park", the first track on the album gives the misleading impression that it will be more of a rock or standard World Music album and then it just falls apart from there into long droning songs which seem to have little organization and it doesn't pay off in its creativity. "Cuando Maavilla Fui" might be the big exception in terms of it just being straight up catchy and pleasant on the ears. The next song on the album, "Buenos Matrimonimos" almost sounds pleasant but it just feels as if too much effort was put into it being wacky. If El Guincho had produced the album more "Cuando" and less "Kalise" and "Prez Lagarto" it certainly would be much more palatable to the average non World Music aficionado.