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Jul 23, 2009 Os Mutantes By Kyle Lemmon

As we reported last month, Os Mutantes, Brazil’s principal practicioners of all things Tropicália, have a new album coming out September 8th on Anti- Records. It’s their first new release in over 35 years! Now the seminal São Paulo trio of brothers Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgio Dias, and lead singer Rita Lee have announced a tour of North America. The late Kurt Cobain’s pleading wish for a reunited Mutantes crew has finally come to fruition.

It’s probably for the best that it happened now. Os Mutantes have always flitted between genres much, much easier than the grunge king. The veteran crew would have showed him up in a heartbeat. The genre bending unit’s tour of the States begins at L.A.‘s Echoplex and snakes north, east, and finally back west for the last date at Austin, Texas’ La Zona Rosa. How appropriate. Since our last Os Mutantes report, the band went and expanded the title of the new release to Haih or Amortecedor. There’s a tracklisting now (below) and that’s the crow-y album artwork up top. The full tour itinerary can be found after the tracklisting.

Haih or Amortecedor:

01 Hymns of the World P. 1 (Intro)
02 Querida Querida
03 Teclar
04 2000 e Agarrum
05 Bagdad Blues
06 O Careca
07 O Mensageiro
08 Anagrama
09 Samba Do Fidel
10 Neurociência do Amor
11 Nada Mudou
12 Gopala Krishna Om
13 Hymns of the World P.2 (Final)

North American Tour Dates:

08-28 - Los Angeles California, The Echoplex
08-29 - San Francisco California, Outside Lands Festival,
09-01 - Redway California, Mateel Community Center
09-02 - Portland Oregon, Aladdin Theater
09-03 - Vancouver, BC, The Commodore Ballroom
09-04 - Bellingham Washington, The Nightlight
09-05 - Seattle Washington, Bumbershoot Festival
09-19 - Yosemite California, Symbiosis Festival
09-24 - Denver Colorado, Cervantes
09-25 - Omaha Nebraska, Waiting Room
09-26 - Minneapolis Minnesota, Cedar Cultural Center
09-30 - Cleveland Ohio, Beachland Ballroom
10-04 - Boston Massachusetts, Sommerville Theatre
10-08 - New York New York, Webster Theatre
10-09 - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Mr. Smalls
10-10 - Columbus Ohio, Capitol Theatre
10-11 - Lexington Kentucky, WRFL Fest
10-13 - Tampa Florida, Skipper’s
10-14 - Ft. Lauderdale Florida, Culture Room
10-16 - Atlanta Georgia, Variety Playhouse
10-17 - New Orleans Louisiana, Tipitina’s
10-18 - Austin Texas, La Zona Rosa

(www.myspace.com/osmutantes)