“We did it…you guys did it,” The Linda Lindas vocalist said to the packed crowd at the Lowbrow Palace in between songs and moments after the gubernatorial race had been called for Gina Hinojosa. The crowd reacted with cheers, then continued with dancing and thrashing apt for every show the L.A. pun-quarter put on.
The four-piece consisting of Lucia de la Garza, Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, and Mila de la Garza put out their third album on August 28th: GOTTA GET OUT. The new effort is a raw, poignant, and blunt punk explosion.
The tour has now wrapped up but the emotional catharsis of the evening lingers on. It was a contentious midterm that felt particularly heavy in Texas, with El Paso being no exception. The Linda Lindas were the perfect act to voice the elation for concert-goers on a night that saw Texas turn blue with a Democratic governor and senator for the first time in nearly four decades.
Another special moment happened when The Linda Lindas did what they said they had never done before, covering Shakira’s “Whenever, Wherever”. After wrapping up the tour, The Linda Lindas also released the Spanish cover of “Closer”, one of the singles from their newest album.
Story and photographs by Antonio Villaseñor-Baca