Hardened by more than a year on the road in support of their debut the PUYA tribe has returned with an even more brutal edge to their funky Salsa meets Metal mix.

Top put it in its most base terms “UNION” is just a better record than the group’s first due, I would guess, to the fact that it was conceived and recorded in a fraction of the time than the first one took so everything is so much more immediate. The opening track, “Ride” does just that, it rides a funky Metal rhythm right into one of the most alluring hooks ever written. This track is the perfect show starter number for the upcoming tour.

“People” has some Santana-like elements to it that will appeal to a wider range of fans but is still lead shot heavy. “Erizo” beats you up with pit inducing rhythms surrounded by progressive Jazz bits that anywhere else would seem forced but here sound perfectly natural.

And so it goes for the next dozen or so tracks, each with their own charm not the least of which is that they are so independent of everything else gong on in music at the moment. PUYA was holding back on their first record, playing possum if you will, but now they just unleash all the power and intensity they can muster while stirring an eclectic pot of Metal tillings, Salsa flavors and anything else that is needed to square off the edges.