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• Pitchfork (4.6/10) 4 Apr 2002
• Rolling Stone 10 Apr 2002

Read Music/Speak Spanish was the only record by American punk rock band Desaparecidos, and was released in February 2002. This album is the 42nd release of Saddle Creek Records.

Track listing

1. "Man and Wife, The Former (Financial Planning)" – 3:16
2. "Mañana" – 3:24
3. "Greater Omaha" – 4:14
4. "Man and Wife, The Latter (Damaged Goods)" – 3:39
5. "Mall of America" – 2:41
6. "The Happiest Place on Earth" – 3:02
7. "Survival of the Fittest/It's a Jungle Out There" – 2:56
8. "$$$$" – 5:10
9. "Hole in One" – 3:08

Desaparecidos (band)

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Desaparecidos was a short-lived American post-hardcore band. It was a side project headed by singer/guitarist Conor Oberst, the frontman of the indie folk band Bright Eyes. They have also been hailed as the "Saddle Creek supergroup".[citation needed] Hailing from Omaha, Nebraska, Desaparecidos' lyrics are mostly about the sociopolitical state of affairs in America.

The band has been both lauded and criticized for its intentionally raw sound following the release of Read Music/Speak Spanish. In sharp contrast to Bright Eyes' confessional, even sometimes mournful vocals, Conor Oberst's vocals in Desaparecidos' songs were much more characteristic of the post hardcore during the Revolution Summer.

"Desaparecidos" means literally "the ones who disappeared" in Spanish and Portuguese, and is a reference to people who were arrested by various South American military governments and then vanished without a trace. From 1976 to 1983 in Argentina, for example, thousands of dissidents vanished without a trace under Dirty War driven by the military junta that was in power.

Desaparecidos broke up in 2002. While the band was attracting an increasingly large following, especially touring with Jimmy Eat World and being the feature of an MTV You Hear it First episode, Oberst did not have the time to dedicate to the band with the continually increasing success of Bright Eyes. Oberst continued to record with Bright Eyes, while the other members of Desaparecidos went on to form other projects. Matt Baum was in The '89 Cubs, but currently drums for Race for Titles; Denver Dalley is in Statistics and Intramural; and Landon Hedges is currently in Little Brazil.

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