CSS : Cansei De Ser Sexy – 20th Anniversary Edition (Pearl Flip Waterfall Vinyl)

From Sao Paulo, Brazil comes CSS (five women and one man), the first South American band Sub Pop has foisted upon the global marketplace. ‘Cansei de ser Sexy’, Portuguese for ‘tired of being sexy’, is improbably, unbelievably and nearly eponymously their debut. It is a thick, pulsating thing full of haphazard synths (‘Alala’) and a come-on of call and response that tears down any attempt at posturing (‘Art Bitch’, ‘Patins’). It’s a sexy mix of ESG, the early Rough Trade label releases, Bush Tetras, Kraftwerk, Peaches, 99 Records and the Breeders. it’s energetic, has buckets of attitude and sits heads and shoulders above the competition.

Track Listing:
1. CSS Suxx – CSS
2. Patins – CSS
3. Alala – CSS
4. Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above – CSS
5. Art Bitch – CSS
6. Fuckoff Is Not the Only Thing You Have to Show – CSS
7. Meeting Paris Hilton – CSS
8. Off the Hook – CSS
9. Alcohol – C