Castle Pines : Por Vida (vocals removed).Easy-to-listen-to pop rock with a fresh attitude. This is a version of Por Vida with the vocals removed by software (Demucs). Tracks that had no singing are unchanged. Por Vida from Castle Pines latest love letter album called "Por Vida" is goosebumps inducing indie rocker with a beautifully sweeping feel. Guitar driven with big bold crescendos of sound it is not afraid to get quiet in spots which only make the full charge running up the hill parts feel even bigger and more passionate. The Corona, California band's musical flourishes feel organic as they shun a lot of indie rock cliche's. No over modulated vox (for example). When Leandro Barrientos sings emotional lines like "as seasons pass me by… we lay forgotten wonder why… what were they saying through their teeth… we were taught to grin through our grief… facades are meant to fade…living inside the walls we made" the words hit home. Real and relatable, Cassiopeia feels cinematic and inspirational. Castle Pines is Leandro Barrientos (guitar, vox), Ricky Garvey (lead guitar), Sterling Fairfield (percussion, drums) and Jesse Briseno (bass). Recording for the "Por Vida" album was a monumental and arduous challenge for the members of the band. The Summer of 2017, as the band was doing preliminary recordings, founding member and drummer Sterling Fairfield was rushed to an emergency operation due to complications of Crohn's Disease. An ailment that Sterling dealt with his entire time gigging, recording and playing with Castle Pines, he nearly died on several occasions and had his entire lower intestine removed. This left the band in an unsure place for the recording of their album. Sterling, being the diehard loyalist to the band and message, struggled through weeks of recording in a cottage in Southern California, stitches fresh from an incision down his chest, and performed beautifully for the album. An album, with all odds against it, was recorded through perseverance through adversity, dedication and in no small part to the accommodating and kind efforts of Matthew Faulkner of Beta Waves Records who moved his entire studio to a cottage near the home of Sterling, in case he suffered another medical emergency. The release of "Por Vida" the album that almost never was is a testament to staying the course and faithful commitment to the art in the pangs of heartache, ailment and suffering. The band is grateful for the love and support it has received from the online community, their fans and family and is eagerly excited to premier their latest work. In an industry exploited for commercial and financial gain by juggernaut corporatism, a little garage band, from the suburbs of California, protesting the status quo and proclaiming the importance of art and music, loyalty, persistence and honesty is a fresh and needed voice in the stifling noise of the modern market. Thank you, and remember that Castle Pines is for life homie. Songs:
1. Cassiopeia (vocals removed) Buy this album for $8: 100% goes to the musician. Download it as MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, OGG or WAV. Using this music in a project? Members can use it under the Magnatune Project Licence. For programs and AI agents: this album as JSON, the Magnatune API and llms.txt.
Release date: 10/20/2026 Tagged as: Alt Rock, Pop, Rock, Indie Rock, Instrumental, Vocals Removed Recommended albums:
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