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Between "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" and the iPod commercial soundtrack "Music Is My Hot Sex" we think it's safe to assume every human being has heard the music of Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS). On their sophomore effort Donkey, due next week from Sub Pop, the band continues to deliver danceable rock songs guaranteed to keep their fans happy. We've heard some criticism directed CSS's way for not being experimental enough on the new album, or failing to branch out their sound, but we think that sort of misses the whole point of the band.
CSS espouses an ebullience and joi de vivre both on record and in their live shows that is hard to resist. They're a new millennial party band in the same slightly subversive way that the B-52s were a good-time group in the '80s. CSS creates sugary nuggets of danceable pop with a healthy dose of sass cut with a punk "anything goes" attitude. Singer Lovefoxxx's vocals rope you in as she peppers her schoolyard cadences with a coy sexiness that endear her to members of both sexes.
Donkey succeeds because CSS continues to build on their strengths and deliver an album that appeals to both brain and hips without really challenging either to work to hard. It's the band's ease with which they complete this dual seduction that is their strongest asset, and they make full use of it on Donkey.
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What a great name in English,tired of being sexy! I was really sad they had to cancel their lolla set last summer (Matt & Kim did a great job filling their slot). I was able to catch them in their hometown of Sao Paulo last October they were awesome (the energy was insane due to the home cooking). I'm really looking forward seeing this year at lolla this year.
Remember when at Pitchfork a few years ago the chick from Bonde Do Role broke her arm, and the girls from CSS came up to finish the set for her? Man, that was a fun show. They will def. put on an awesome set at Lolla!