from the LP Os Brazões, RGE Records, 1969
Although I tend to be highly critical of most American “music” publications these days, Wax Poetics is one very extraordinary exception to that ire, a magazine so thoughtfully put together that I would probably spend twice what they charge for copies of it---yes, it’s that good. A couple of months ago they produced an entire issue dedicated to Brazilian music, specifically from the ‘60s & ‘70s. Of all the albums I wound up purchasing in its wake (for real, if you are a lover of music, don’t ever open the first page unless you are ready to be buying some music that same night), this long player by Os Brazões drifts hazily to the top of the pile, in my humble opinion anyways. They backed Gal Costa on her psychedelic freakout of a self-titled album (sometimes known as Cinema Olympia), and if you thought it couldn’t get any better than that, it DOES!!! Anyone who smokes marijuana must own this album, go buy the CD reissue right now, I’m serious. Their mix of Brazilian undertones and rhythms, acid skronk fuzz guitars, trippy Sgt. Pepper-esque effects, and 4 part melodies has kept me floating above the ozone for weeks now. Seriously people, BRAZIL
from the LP Os Brazões, RGE Records, 1969
