text:  This is World Cafe. I'm Reina Duras. The band Reina Tropical began as a duo. Fabi Reina and Nektali Sumo-Diaz started making music together in 2016, quickly developing their own improvisational writing style. Over the years, they released a couple of EPs, they toured, they played South by Southwest. And then in 2022, when they'd already begun working on music for their debut full-length album, Sumo died in an accident.