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The Division Men" is an acoustic duo from El Paso, Texas.
The music is dark, ethereal, and haunting. The band has just completed their fourth studio album, which will be released in 2025 on Motor Music. The new album and a three-month European tour are planned for October to December 2025.
The upcoming album features performances by:
Rafael Gayol (Leonard Cohen)
Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) Fredo Ortiz (Beastie Boys, Los Lobos) Dana Colley (Vapors of Morphine, Morphine) Leah Shapiro (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) Barb Hunter (Afghan Whigs, Pigface) Jacob Valenzuela (Calexico) Beto Martinez (Groupo Fantasma) Jay Reynolds (Asleep at the Wheel) Roscoe Beck (Leonard Cohen, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson) Rick G Nelson (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers, Polyphonic Spree, St. Vincent) Eric Gorfain (Sam Phillips, Def Leppard, Queens of the Stone Age, Dr. Dre) Alain Johannes (Eleven, Them Crooked Vultures, Queens of the Stone Age, PJ Harvey, Chris Cornell)
The acoustic duo from Texas/USA was originally founded in Berlin in 2008. They are now based in El Paso, Texas. The band consists of founder Jesus Spencer Portillo (vocals/acoustic guitar) and his wife Caroline Rippy-Portillo (vocals/bass guitar).
The name "The Division Men" originated from the idea that artists collaborate from all over the world, regardless of their location.
The band's new album features 17 guest musicians.
Caroline "Lucy La Loca" Rippy-Portillo was born in San Antonio, Texas. From 2007 to 2012, she played bass guitar for Tito & Tarantula, who gained worldwide fame through the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's film "From Dusk Till Dawn".
J. Spencer Portillo was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in El Paso, Texas. J. Spencer Portillo was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in El Paso, Texas.
His El Paso roots are reflected in the lyrics, which portray an atmospheric portrait of love, life, and death in this border town.
The Division Men have a distinctive sound that is
described as dark, romantic, ethereal, and haunting.
https://www.divisionmen.com/
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