When Brazilian band CSS emerged in 2006, their infectious melodies and provocative lyrics made people sit up and listen. By cleverly merging indie, rock and dance music with a whole lot of quirkiness, they created a fresh new sound that set them apart from their contemporaries.
Unfortunately, they suffered a sophomore slump in 2008. While it wasn't a devastatingly bad LP, Donkey essentially stripped away all the brashness and quirkiness of their first, leaving an album that was more meh than marvellous.
It seems like they have found their footing again with La Liberación (Spanish for The Liberation). Those sex-laced songs are intact. That brashness and swagger is back. And there is a bunch of mellower stuff, as if to tell the world, "We have grown up."
The most memorable part on La Liberación is frontwoman Lovefoxxx's collaboration with Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie on "Hits Me Like a Rock", a head-bobbingly good reggae-funk number.
"City Grrrl" has been compared to Ke$ha, but CSS carry it off with more aplomb and street-cred, so much so that you honestly believe they don't give a shit at all.
There's no telling what they are exactly singing about on the song "La Liberación". They play on like a broken record for 2 minutes, but it's just so charmingly addictive that you want to scream 'grita, grita, mami!' (whatever the fuck that means) along with them as well.
Album closer "Fuck Everything" probably has the message that the band wants to send out to everyone: They are a young, fun-loving bunch and if you're a detractor, they won't hesitate to flip you the bird.
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