#5
El Guincho - Alegranza*
Alegranza is first and foremost a sunshine record, an album that shimmers alongside the ultraviolet rays as they pound your face and crackles like the sand between your toes. It's a record to move to, be it dancing, skipping or walking as it's energy cannot be contained by headphones. This is how Stella got her groove back, how Julia Stiles saved the last dance, how Hayden Panettiere brought it on: all or nothing. This is how tropical music should be updated for the 20th Century, how repetition can shake your bones and move your soul and still leaving room for the flurry of surprises M. Guincho doses out over the course of the album. This is how Panda Bear as MC would keep people out of their seats, forcing them to leave concert still doing the 2-step involuntarily as music and movement have become inseparable, indistinguishable, a celebration of life. And it's okay, I don't understand a word of it either.
Key Tracks: "Antillas", "Fata Morgana", "Buenos Matrimoios Ahi Fuera" (couldn't find this online, so here's a guy playing with a soccer ball to "Cuando Maravilla Fui" instead)
*2008 U.S. Release**
**Because I don't want keyin to scold me.