Here at Wend we’re big fans of a lot of the artists on Nacional Records and Aterciopelados is one of them. But now there’s another reason to get excited about the Colombian duo’s latest album: it carries an environmental message. The song that names their latest album Rio (River) pays homage to the Bogota River, a river that is now extremely contaminated and polluted.

In an interview with Treehugger, one of the Aterciopelados Hector Buitrago said that ever since the release of their 1998 album Caribe Atomico they’ve had a sense of restlessness that stemmed “from a simple observation on the situation of our ecosystem.” Buitrago adds,”As time went by, things got worse instead of getting better and greater threats such as global warming and its consequences are truly looming over our planet. We think that it’s time for each of us, habitants or sons of the earth, to try to put some effort into stopping or changing these major problems.”

Learn more about the album, as well as listen to some of the new clips, on Aterciopelados’ website.