anticipation sent me this:
Lula Côrtes,
Rosa de Sangue
Lula Cortes is a Brazilian musician who I had never heard of before, and unfortunately this recording,
Rosa de Sangue, apparently never saw release after its first and only limited pressing. Which is a damn shame because I loved it! It's definitely not an album I'd pick up and guess that I'd be into, but I was pleasantly surprised when I found that it was basically full of fuzzy psychedelic workouts despite being from around 1980, well after the peak of the psych-rock movement.
It is overflowing with a whole range of influences from psychedelia, tropicalia, punk, prog, rock, folk-funk, and middle-eastern and I could honestly not plonk it into a single defining genre. Track
Nordeste Oriental was chilled and pleasant, while
Noite prêta made me want to get up and dance, and I loved the title track
Rosa de sangue.
This album was hazy, sun-drenched, funky, happy, tropical, and perfect for a hot and sweaty summer night, which was exactly the circumstance in which I listened to it. Like I said, definitely not an album which I would pick up and listen to myself, but I really did enjoy it.
Thanks anticipation
