Funky Friday's Brazilian Girls



I didn't want to like the new self titled LP from Brazilian Girls. Does the world really need another culture-hopping, genre mashing (cringe) trip hop album? I had read a few reviews, and listened to a bit of it on a listening station at my local music emporium when I took the plunge. A few spins later I was sold. Musically it jumps from downtempo to house to dubby ska to latin jazz and a bit of rock, all expertly played by the 3 guys in the band and warmly sung by the lovely, forthright Sabina Sciubba. It's warm and melodic and sexy, and often quirky and amusing. Sabina sings in French, Spanish, German and English, and the band backs her up with slick precision, adding all manner of nice sonic touches. To answer my own question at the beginning of this post - yes, when a record is this warm and witty and groovy and fun, we do need it. Here's a couple of tracks - Don't Stop is a warm house-y number, and Lazy Lover is one of the slinky slower tunes. "Lazy lover, Casanova, you roll over when I want more." Perfect...