NA 5068 SEU JORGE and ALMAZ Self Titled LP
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SIDE A SIDE C 01. Errare Humanum 07. Everybody Loves The Sunshine 02. Das Model 08. Pai Joao 03. Cristina 09. Rock With You SIDE B SIDE D 04. Saudosa Bahia 10. Cala Boca, Menino 05. Cirandar 11. Girl You Move Me 06. Tempo De Amor 12. Juizo Final North American Tour Dates: 7-23 — Miami, FL — Fillmore Theater 7-24 — Orlando, FL — Club Firestone 7-25 — Atlanta, GA — Variety 7-27 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club 7-28 — Philadelphia, PA — Trocadero 7-29 — New York, NY — Joe's Pub 7-30 — New York, NY — Terminal 5 7-31 — Boston, MA — Royale Boston 8-1 — Montreal, PQ — Osheaga Festival 8-2 — Toronto, ONT — Phoenix 8-3 — Chicago, IL — Congress Theater 8-6 — Vancouver, BC — Vogue “No nation is currently hotter than Brazil when it comes 8-7 — Seattle, WA — King Cat 8-8 — Portland, OR — Crystal Ballroom to cinema and music. And, currently, no Brazilian artist 8-10 — San Francisco, CA — Regency is attracting more heat than Seu Jorge” - 8-11 — San Diego, CA — Belly Up 8-13 — Los Angeles, CA — Hotel Café Listening to this remarkable album for the first time you’ll surely be struck first 8-14 — Los Angeles, CA — Club Nokia by the deep, soul-piercing voice of that great Brazilian singer, Seu Jorge. Yes: he’s a singer first and foremost. Many may know him as an actor for his screen-stealing performances in the likes of Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic and Fernando Meirelles’ City Of God but Seu has known since he KEY SELLING POINTS: was a child that we was destined to sing. He’s a Brazilian singer who speaks the truth through samba, to paraphrase a well-known Seu Jorge quote. • The new album from Brazilian singer/actor Seu Jorge (City of God, The Life Aquatic), featuring But this project is about a band: Almaz. Drummer Pupillo and guitarist Lucio members of Nação Zumbi Maia from the stalwart Nação Zumbi; bassist and composer Antonio Pinto • Overseen and mixed by Mario C. from the soundstages of movies starring Seu Jorge. They came together (Beastie Boys, Jack Johnson) naturally to record a song for a Walter Salles film; they enjoyed the • Early radio support at: KCRW (LA), WFMU & WFUV (NY), experience so much that they recorded an entire album of music that inspired WERS (Boston), WXPN (Philly/World Cafe Show), them. Songs famous within the Brazilian diaspora ( ) Tim Maia, Jorge Ben KUSF (SF), KEXP (Seattle), CJLO (Montreal), mesh with classic American (Roy Ayers, Michael Jackson) and European WRSI (Northampton) and WEXT (Upstate NY) (Kraftwerk, Cane and Abel) soul songs begging for a bit of psychedelic • 16-city North American tour starts in late July and runs samba. They enlisted producer and fellow Brazileiro Mario C. (Beastie Boys, into mid August. Stops include: Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Jack Johnson) to put the finishing touches on the project. Their album is both Wash DC, Philly, NY, Boston, Montreal and Toronto warm and dark; psychedelic and yet grounded, uplifting but at times somber. Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, SF, SD and LA To listen to it is to join them in the studio, where the only bandleader is the music and the only agenda is to follow your heart. ORDER CUT OFF DATE FOR THIS ITEM: JULY 6th Format: 2xLP Cat. No: NA 5068 Label: Now Again Available: JULY 27th Now Again Records 2658 Griffith Park Blvd, #504, Los Angeles, CA, 90039 • www.nowagainrecords.com.