Rey Pila is a band that began as the solo project of vocalist and song-writer, Diego Solórzano, after the split of his last group, Los Dynamite, in the year of 2008, Diego began working in his new solo album right after the split, he moved to New York City to record his album named as the project, Rey Pila, which would be released in 2010, spawning one of their most succesful singles to date “No Longer Fun” that earned the song of the year award in the IMAS.

After the release of the first album, Diego reunited new members for touring, but they ended up staying as members of the project for good; the solo project turned into a quartet by the end of 2011, the band now consisted of Diego (vocals), Andres Velásco (guitar), Roberto Blanco (keyboard) and Miguel Hernández (bass) which was also in Diego’s last band. They began touring with already recorded material which would eventually end up in their next album “The Future Sugar”, they were just waiting for a label deal to come their way, which eventually did, when Julian Casablancas stumbled across their music. Julian contacted the band, setting a meeting, eventually leading to them signing with Julian’s label, Cult Records.

With production by producer Chris Coady, and co-production by Julian Casablancas (in only three of the tracks in the album) and Diego Solórzano, The Future Sugar would be released in June 17, 2015, via Cult Records, and have a worldwide release in the 25th of September of the same year. The album received critical appraise, being recognized by their introduction of new sounds to the mexican indie rock scene, claimed by critics to sound like mexican new wave, with wavering vocals and 80’s synth.

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