Top Surprise rocks full Brazilian
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | musiX
Holy shitgaze, it’s been a good year for finding gems outside the good ol’ U.S. of A. Spain’s Montañas, France’s Revolver—now we take a little trip to South America to hear Brazilian four-piece Top Surprise.
These guapos go straight for the guileless noise of ’80s practitioners Guided By Voices and My Bloody Valentine, right down to releasing their debut EP on cassette (for extra hissy effect).
Made in Minas Jerais, Brazil—and sung in English—Everything Must Go (released on Brazilian label Pug Records) is relentlessly noisy. The vocals might be louder and more fuzzed out than the guitars. The only reprieve you get is on “80 Comes,” a stunner of a strummer that Marco Boscolo of Sentireascoltare describes as “un’inaspettata ballata acustica dal sapore elliotsmithiano.”
You don’t get much better than “elliotsmithiano.” Download the entire EP here.
“More Than Cool” - Top Surprise
“80 Comes” - Top Surprise
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