Cuba Street Car­ni­val favour­ites Batu­cada Sound Machine have returned to New Zea­l­and with a new album of tried and true road-tested tunes entitled Don’t Keep Silent, due for release Janu­ary 23rd, 2012.

In addi­tion, BSM have planned their first ever com­pre­hens­ive tour of New Zea­l­and to cel­eb­rate the album release includ­ing a spot at WOMAD 2012.

From the press release:

“This 10 piece onslaught of pacific-soul, lat­in, afro-beat and hip-hop have an unpar­alleled repu­ta­tion for their pol­ished, high-energy per­form­ance, which has seen them con­quer audi­ences at a host of renowned fest­ivals; includ­ing the main stage at Szi­get Fest­iv­al (Hun­gary), Hori­zonte Fest­iv­al and Kul­tur­ar­ena (Ger­many), Larm­er Tree Fest­iv­al (UK) and the City of Lon­don Fest­iv­al to name a few.”

They’re play­ing at San Fran­cisco Bath­house this Fri­day (the 27th of Janu­ary), and to cel­eb­rate, we’ve got a copy of Don’t Keep Silent to give away. To win, all you have to do is leave us a com­ment below with your favour­ite fact about bats. We’ll draw a win­ner on Sunday. Woo!