When forging their Latin alt-rock brilliance, Soda Stereo looked to the works of eccentric glam goths and candid folklorists. The Cure's goth-pop mastery and Bowie's art-rock splendor enlightened Soda's enigmatic darkwave, and when penning their majestic compositions—with verses of immortality and the cosmos—they soul-searched via the nueva canción poetry of Mercedes Sosa and the reflective, bluesy bars of Pappo.