South African band Mi Casa is back with a brand new album titled Familia. The crew is made up of producer, DJ, Keyboardist Dr Duda, singer/songwriter J Something and trumpeter Mo-T. They are back in the scene and again eager to remind their loyal fans why they won their hearts in the first place, six years ago.
But here is something absolutely nobody knew, four months ago trio almost broke up!
If we could get through what we got through recently, we will never break up. This album is happy, you can hear the happiness. It’s a true reflection of where we at as a familia
says Dr.Duda.
If I were to be 100% honest with everyone, I was always worried because we never argued as a band. It was always just good vibes and if there were any issues we would sweep them under the carpet just to keep that good energy up
says J’Something.
But about 4 months ago we were contemplating pulling the plug on the band (the whole damn thing!). We had some arguments and really just had some issues within the team. This was such an important part in our career and as a family. Arguments within families are so common. Mother arguing with her kids. Husband arguing with his wife. Brother arguing with his sister. This is another reason why we chose the title – Familia. This is also generally the point where most bands do break up. But we were willing to communicate, to speak openly about how we felt with one another and that’s the crucial lesson for us. To stay communicating. Another important lesson is that you need to fight for the things that truly matter to you. This band is everything to us. We really believe that because we managed to get through that moment we are able to make the music that we have always dreamt of making and that’s the music that you will be hearing really soon.
We cannot please everyone. Not only is it too much pressure, but it’s impossible. We want to be proud of the music we make and we want to make music for you guys, the people that support and love what we do.
J’Something concludes.
Familia drops on the 4th August with first single “Nana” dropping on Friday 30th June.
