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- Summary: The second full-length solo release for Brazilian singer-songwriter Juçara Marçal was inspired by how Danny Brown created his beats before his lyrics on his 2016 album Atrocity Exhibition.
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- Record Label: Mais Um Discos
- Genre(s): Jazz, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Experimental Rock, International, Modern Composition, Brazilian Pop, Brazilian Traditions, Samba, MPB
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Dec 21, 2021Marçal’s voice is just as playful and experimental as the production, veering from the melodic softness of Ladra, in which it counters the heavily distorted instrumentation, to the impassioned spoken word of Crash, and her warped lower register of Oi, Cat. It’s her mutable voice that gives this wildly varied album its sense of coherence – as well as its message.
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Dec 21, 2021Delta Estácio Blues is easily the most experimental outing Marçal has yet released. The rhythmic genre fusions across rock and afoxé, glitch, samba, and pop experimentalism combine with seams and scars showing as one of the most ambitious musical projects released this year.
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The WireDec 21, 2021Achieving a powerful balancing act between beauty and terror throughout. [Dec 2021, p.52]
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MojoDec 21, 2021A series of musical shocks driven by Marcal's powerful vocals. [Feb 2022, p.89]
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Jul 16, 2023This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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