What do you get when you cross an ex-Christian musician with queerness, Brujeria, a badass beat, and … is that Peaches? The answers are: Cain Culto, and yes, in that order. I am fucking obsessed. I’ve been into his music (and killer videos) for a while now, but he is hitting it hard, and I am tired of only having a couple of friends to talk with about him. Calling his unique sound “Kentucky Latin Art-Pop” and refusing to continue to perform the “inauthentic version of himself,” Cain is taking over my life, and I’m here to help him take over yours.
If you haven’t heard “KFC Santeria,” check it out here – then watch this – yeah, that’s a remix with father-fucking Peaches. This is not even close to safe for work.
Cain Culto’s joyous and debaucherous embrace of his queerness is a major fuck you to the oppression he felt as a Christian bluegrass musician, and we’re so glad he’s done with that. Cain brings every part of who he is – a queer, Latino, Kentuckian child of immigrants who plays the violin, among other things, to his music to create something truly unique and unhinged in the best way.
“There ain’t no dimmin’ my light,” he sings in “Kali Maa,” where he sings about cutting people out of his life in the only way Kali would approve of (violently, with a knife).
And if you thought that this badass Latino who broke out of evangelical Christianity to create an alter-ego gayer than Gay God doesn’t have anything to say about the state of the US right now, think again. He teamed up with Xiuhtezcatl to make the song, “¡Basta Ya!” (“Enough is Enough”). The term “¡Basta ya!” has been a resistance slogan for time out of mind, but in this song, it’s more “Fuck ICE” than workers’ rights, and honestly, we’re fine with that.
Frankly, I can’t find a fucking thing not to love, and if you don’t love it … I’m sorry, you’re missing out. I’d say “More Cain Culto for me,” but there seems to be plenty of Cain to go around as his star rapidly rises. So check out this extra hot cover of “Like A Prayer” and enjoy it! Or don’t. I don’t give a shit.
