Llegando los monos

Arriving the Monkeys isn't just a Sumo album; it's one of those recordings that came together almost by chance and ended up defining a sound. They recorded it in three days with equipment that wasn't ideal, but the result was an album that sounded unlike anything else at the time. The song that gives the album its name, Llegando los monos, lasts only 36 seconds, yet in that brief time it achieves something few songs do: capturing raw, direct energy, as if the track were already in the air before it even began.Released in May 1986 under the CBS label—which later became Sony Music—though they weren't aiming for massive success, it ended up being one of the most remembered releases of that era.

The official presentation took place at Obras Sanitarias on August 9 of the same year, and they even filmed a 55-minute live video to document it. What's curious is that the album's most well-known track wasn't Llegando los monos, but rather Los viejos vinagres, a song Luca Prodan admitted he wrote with the audience in mind. Mario Breuer operated the soundboard, but Walter Fresco led the artistic direction. Sumo had already been a strong name in Argentine rock since 1981, when they formed in Hurlingham, and this album cemented their place among bands like Virus, Soda Stereo, and Los Abuelos de la Nada.