London-based Brazilian punk-funk renegades serve a 2nd album on their self-curated Slum Dunk label. 'Voodoo Dance & Other Stories' is distinguished by a darker atmosphere than their previous Soul Jazz efforts, perhaps more informed by the current synthwave revival or simply a change in mood. That said, while ostensibly of a sunny disposition, their music has always had a subtly bitter twist and this has probably just risen to fore here. The dissonant disco and vocal hysterics of 'Why N586' reminds us of Crazy Bitch In A Cave or Aerea Negrot, while 'Voodoo Dance' is more melancholy than feverish, as the title alludes, and by the mid-section of crystalline minimal synthpop on 'Baby Yoko' or the psyched-out 'dance To Death' featuring Howard Amb, it's clear their art has become much murkier and cynical. We can hear this in the devilishly brittle and jarring harmonics of 'Cheap', or in the disengagement of 'Life Is Fine', leading to the ambiguously contrast of perky drums protrusion and woozy cassia keys on 'Opala', hitting that same sly vibe as say, Hype Williams?
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London-based Brazilian punk-funk renegades serve a 2nd album on their self-curated Slum Dunk label. 'Voodoo Dance & Other Stories' is distinguished by a darker atmosphere than their previous Soul Jazz efforts, perhaps more informed by the current synthwave revival or simply a change in mood. That said, while ostensibly of a sunny disposition, their music has always had a subtly bitter twist and this has probably just risen to fore here. The dissonant disco and vocal hysterics of 'Why N586' reminds us of Crazy Bitch In A Cave or Aerea Negrot, while 'Voodoo Dance' is more melancholy than feverish, as the title alludes, and by the mid-section of crystalline minimal synthpop on 'Baby Yoko' or the psyched-out 'dance To Death' featuring Howard Amb, it's clear their art has become much murkier and cynical. We can hear this in the devilishly brittle and jarring harmonics of 'Cheap', or in the disengagement of 'Life Is Fine', leading to the ambiguously contrast of perky drums protrusion and woozy cassia keys on 'Opala', hitting that same sly vibe as say, Hype Williams?
London-based Brazilian punk-funk renegades serve a 2nd album on their self-curated Slum Dunk label. 'Voodoo Dance & Other Stories' is distinguished by a darker atmosphere than their previous Soul Jazz efforts, perhaps more informed by the current synthwave revival or simply a change in mood. That said, while ostensibly of a sunny disposition, their music has always had a subtly bitter twist and this has probably just risen to fore here. The dissonant disco and vocal hysterics of 'Why N586' reminds us of Crazy Bitch In A Cave or Aerea Negrot, while 'Voodoo Dance' is more melancholy than feverish, as the title alludes, and by the mid-section of crystalline minimal synthpop on 'Baby Yoko' or the psyched-out 'dance To Death' featuring Howard Amb, it's clear their art has become much murkier and cynical. We can hear this in the devilishly brittle and jarring harmonics of 'Cheap', or in the disengagement of 'Life Is Fine', leading to the ambiguously contrast of perky drums protrusion and woozy cassia keys on 'Opala', hitting that same sly vibe as say, Hype Williams?