May Outlook: Uruguay
By Kristel Latecki / PiiiLA
Pop music can be both escapism and a reflection of context and reality. And sometimes it is both. On the second album by the musician and producer Eros White, the songs work as an outlet for the confusion of the mind, the depressions and the questions of living in such a small country, to the point of reaching a necessary and inevitable liberation, be it through ironic humor (the old and dear " laugh at misfortune”) or wild and cathartic dancing.
Trying not to censor himself, the musician explores Psychosis new themes and formats, opening up more to the public and connecting more directly when singing in Spanish. “I allowed myself a lot of things. I allowed myself to make songs, because before I used to do rants from twitter with beats" told in an interview.
With influences ranging from Kanye West production to the new advent of disco, Psychosis experiment with different musical references and creative mixes that complete the content of the lyrics. Few manage to make negativity catchy, introspection so close and verses like "everything is shit" danceable and chorusable.
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couch -Yard: This debut work produced by Paul Higgs condenses that moment between adolescence and youth into eight acoustic and sunny songs, as if it were the soundtrack of a movie coming-of-age of the late 2000s.
knack -Short: One of the young Uruguayan talents who will perform at Primavera Sound Buenos Aires presents five songs where he shines with a trap with flow elegant and melodic, and its slang post internet.
Gonzalo Deniz―There are things that time will not heal: After abandoning his pseudonym Franny Glass, the musician presents this new song ⸻a little jacket with a touch of bandoneon⸻ and anticipates his next work Meanwhile, in Montevideo, a songbook with new versions and compositions.
Alfonsina and Duality ― I change the look: On a subtle candombe key, this track electronic invites to a game and seeks a reconnection that perhaps we lost in these times. It is the first preview of mixtape Post Covid Syndrome by Alfonsina, created in collaboration with artists.
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On May 26, National Book Day is celebrated, and among its activities, the Montevideo Children's and Youth Book Fair was held in its 20th edition. With presentations, talks and shows musicals for all ages, marked his comeback after the pandemic.
Several Uruguayan audiovisuals were also released with great success: The Employee and The Employer by Manuel Nieto Light years by Joaquin Mauad; and documentaries Delia of Victoria «Pitoka» Pena Echeverría and Bosch by Alicia Cano Menoni.
