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Super great find! Nearly every track has moments where you’re just—😮‍💨

The kind of music you can’t not sort of groove to, it reminded me of a time I was on a date and I got distracted on multiple occasions by the 70s ethio-jazz they were playing at the restaurant... Cause I would 100% be immersed in the rhythm if this was playing at one point or another lmao.

Even moments I’d consider to be the weaker moments on the record are not only far and few between, ... read more

Pretty good listen! There are very clear Jobim'ian influences in Sessa's guitar arrangements, complemented by airy, phonic female vocals on several tracks. Together they create something gracefully mimetic of MPB and early BRA classics, giving the album a warm, nostalgic tone.

The contemporary elements, however, feel more Los Angeles, less in the sonic sense and more structurally-I'm talking filler... There's quite a bit of connective tissue between the standout songs that ... read more

Given the amount of Bossa Nova I've listened to (and scrobbled) in the last three months, if you were the NSA agent tasked with ICREACH'ing me, you'd probably think I'm being held captive in a dimly lit cigar-scented-velvet dining room.
But Amoroso stands out, João Gilberto's sonic evolution within the very genre he pioneered. It feels more cinematic, more tender, and in some ways, even more emotionally accessible or resonant in its more scenic delivery.
In a ... read more

this one hurts ngl…