My review of Upside Down – a new album by Mauricio Maestro and Nana Vasconcelos, and essentially a follow-up to their 2009 album Visions of Dawn which also included Joyce – has just been published on the Revivalist website. Here’s a little taster of the review:

What’s immediately obvious with Upside Down is that to compare it with Visions of Dawn would not do it justice. That album featured one of Brazil’s most revered vocalists in Joyce, as well as a couple of songs that have gone on to become her best-known. Upside Down is a darker affair with extended song structures and a greater predilection for repetition. The pop credentials of Visions of Dawn are gone, but what we’re left with is a dense, hypnotic affair.

You can read the rest of the review here: revivalist.okayplayer.com/2011/11/15/mauricio-maestro-ft-nana-vasconcelos-upside-down