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You Can't Win, Charlie Brown is a Portuguese band formed in early 2009 by Afonso Cabral, Salvador Menezes and Luís Costa,but quickly
turned into a 4-piece with the addition of David Santos (a.k.a. Noiserv) to the band's lineup. They released theirself-titled debut EP through
Optimus Discos in February of 2010, which features 6 home recorded songs that combine a Portuguese sense of melancholy with the
British/American musical aesthetic of such artists as Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, NickDrake or Sufjan Stevens. The EP received great reviews from
the local press and web circuit and the next ...read more
You Can't Win, Charlie Brown is a Portuguese band formed in early 2009 by Afonso Cabral, Salvador Menezes and Luís Costa,but quickly
turned into a 4-piece with the addition of David Santos (a.k.a. Noiserv) to the band's lineup. They released theirself-titled debut EP through
Optimus Discos in February of 2010, which features 6 home recorded songs that combine a Portuguese sense of melancholy with the
British/American musical aesthetic of such artists as Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, NickDrake or Sufjan Stevens. The EP received great reviews from
the local press and web circuit and the next months werededicated to live performances, for which they recruited Tomás Sousa and João Gil,
both of which they already knew from previous bands. It didn't take long to realize this 6 piece version of the band was the best they've ever
sounded, so with thiscomplete lineup the band began to work on their debut album.
"Chromatic" was released in May 2011 by Pataca Discos (a label owned by artist/musician João Paulo Feliciano), andshowcases the band's
wide array of influences, from the dancing beat of the opening track "Over the sun, Under the Water",to the 7 and half minutes epic
grandiosity of "An ending". In between they travel through the pop sweetness of "A while can be a long time" (which features vocals from
another young Portuguese talent, Márcia), the almost-tribal feel of "In the end we start again", the dark mysterious ambiance in "Glimpse"
and the contagious energy of "I've been lost".The album was recorded and produced by Mário Feliciano (graphic designer and member of Real
Combo Lisbonense) in 15AStudios and mixed in London by Luís "Walter Benjamin" Nunes.
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