The newest LP of Brazil’s prime purveyor of quirky, hyperactive garage-/synth-/eggpunk goodness certainly takes a gamble or two, being full of collaborations with other egg-minded acts all across the globe… or the cosmos, if you wanna roll with the concept and i’m sure the likes of Tombeau, Billiam and Goblin Daycare don’t need any introduction, right? I mean, right? Not everything works here (especially the funky R’n’B stylings of She’s Kinda Cute and OMG They Look So Bad just strike me as ill-considered speed bumps, interrupting the record’s otherwise considerable momentum) but most things certainly do and where the record hits the mark, it hits hard, at times approaching the level of anything-goes chaos and eclecticism of Trashdog or Checkpoint. And after all, i very much prefer a record that tries boldly and fails in some places over one that’s not even bothering.
