CSS Reviews

With practised petulance, largely English lyrics delivered in an affected Brooklyn-brat accent, and a dash of e-clash rehash (“Meeting Paris Hilton”), this Sao Paulo sextet, Sub Pop’s first Brazilian signing, speak the musical language of shabby-chic art-school hipsters worldwide. There’s some gold in there, though—dig the kick-off anthem “CSS Suxxx,” the electro-snotcore attack “Artbitch” and sweet, reggae-fied pop of “Alcohol.” And then there’s “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above,” a dizzy mystery-disco joint that’s just too damn catchy (and sexy too, something the album title says these five ladies and one dude are tired of being).