Prayers + Pictureplane

What’s "cholo goth," you ask? Chicano singer Lafear Seyer, who coined the term, sports a distinctive look that should give you an idea: cowboy boots, black nail polish, gang tattoos and crucifix earrings. Combining his mournful shouts with beatmaster Dave Parley's industrial synths, Seyer’s cross-cultural melancholy mines ’80s influences ranging from the Pet Shop Boys to Bauhaus to narrate a turbulent life navigating the San Diego gangland.