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Divino Niño Uses Old Friendships And Retro Sounds To Create 'A Little Vacation'

Javier Forero and Camilo Medina, lead singers of Divino Niño, talk about migrating to America, bonding over music and the band's debut album Foam.
Divino Niño (L to R): Javier Forero, Pierce Codina, Guillermo Rodriguez and Camilo Medina.

Javier Forero and Camilo Medina — bassist, guitarist and alternating lead singers of the rock quartet — were childhood friends in their hometown of Bogotá, Colombia. They lost touch near the end of pre-school when Forero's family moved to Miami. But years later, after Medina's family had also moved up to Miami, the old friends re-connected during middle school. The boys' friendship was, meshes together all those years of influence, migration and experience.

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