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On New York City, Brazilian Girls have crafted a set as internationally diverse as the Big Apple itself.
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Like the previous Brazilian Girls records, New York City is a lounge-y pileup of bossa rhythms and Old World romantic ache, girded by slithery push-button funk throb—at once refined and happily trashy.
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The foundation of the band's boutique pop isn't its cultural fluency but its daring to be substantially bizarre, which is often realized on New York City.
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Such feel-good moments of abandon keep New York City from becoming too hopelessly chic, resulting in a party album that manages to sound grown and sexy without being alienating.
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Brazilian Girls have no problem making their mish-mash sound downright normal, which in a way it is.
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The album’s surprises are glimpses of misgivings shared with the groove, like the keyboard obsessively jabbing one chord in 'Losing Myself' or the eerie track--tom-toms, fluttery organ notes, high “ahs”--behind 'I Want Out.'
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Thanks to their increasingly varied sound, the Girls remain aloof and unknowable. They have us right where they want us: behind the velvet ropes.
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With Brazilian Girls' sense of wonder and love of musical globe-trotting as strong as ever, New York City is a welcome return to form for this very special group.
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Under The RadarAs with previous efforts, the music's all over the place, grabbing from house, Afrobeat, chanson, and more, but you can always count on percussion loops, danceability, and Sciubba's sultry multilingual musings. [Fall 2008, p.79]
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The album bumps from electronica to cabaret to jazz and back again; it's busy but never feels schizophrenic.
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Nov 6, 2010
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Apr 17, 2018