We are The Cires
The Cires is an Alternative Rock and Roll band from Hayward, CA. Music for The Cires has always been a family affair. The Soto brothers: Isaac, Edwin, and Shannon and their newest member, Cessar the youngest of the four, have grown up listening to and playing Beatles and Creedence Clearwater Revival covers along with many Spanish rock and roll songs. Their latest Music was a double single EP Named Endless Dance and Midnight Invitations. Going into 2024 the band is preparing for their next album with a new direction that is set to entice current and future fans.
Vocals, Guitar / Isaac Soto
Bass, Vocals / Edwin Soto
Drums, Vocals / Shannon Soto
Guitar, Keys, percussion/ Cessar Soto
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Local Bilingual-Spanish Alternative Rock Band Aims High
“The Cires” enthusiastically share the story of their dedication, drive and achievement since 1999 that has led them to where they are now.
Their uniqueness comes from their union; three brothers who are bilingual in Spanish and English, as well as their belief that through music, by playing together they will stay together.
To read full article click link.. The Pioneer full article
How a Family Rock Band Organized Mutual Aid from Hayward to Honduras
What now seems like eons ago, U.S. audiences were tuned into the pivotal presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020 when images of destroyed homes started appearing online from La Lima, Honduras.
While the U.S. was caught in our own metaphorical storm, the first of two Category 4 hurricanes—Eta and Iota—rampaged across Latin America to end an already brutal year. What became one of the worst natural calamities of 2020 went largely unnoticed by U.S. media amid the blitz of COVID-19 wreckage and political solipsism. The two massive storms hit Central America in consecutive weeks, leaving millions of people from southern Mexico to northern Colombia in need of emergency assistance.
In pre-quarantined times, mobilized aid would have come quicker, and international involvement would have been more easily achieved. But, with COVID rates rising, and nations struggling in a stalled global economy, the majority of this catastrophe’s victims—many of whom already live in extreme poverty—were left to organize themselves………
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DISCOGRAPHY
ENDLESS DANCE / MIDNIGHT INVITATIONS
A collections of singles recorded in Cherryland Studios by the CIRES, Mixed and mastered by Alex Miller from the dojo recording. Artwork was a collaboration between friends Alonzo Ruiz, Edwin Soto. SINGLES WILL BE OUT JUNE 18th 2021.
NUMBERS#
Numbers is the single for the Cires EP “reflections of yesterday” recorded and mastered @ the DOJO recording in Oakland CA. Released on February 2018.
Refelctions of yesterday
Relections of yesterday
This is our EP that came out February 2018. This collections of songs was a two year process of music writhing and was recorded in the Dojo Recording in Oakland CA. Mixed and mastered by Alex Miller.
Glass dreams
released May 8, 2012
Isaac Soto-Vocals, Guitar
Edwin Soto- Bass
Shannon Soto- Drums
ALL Photography done by:
Alonzo Ruiz