Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso drop their new album
Oiled, buffed, and prancing into the room decked in logos and prime cantal tilts, the Argentinian experimental pop duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso are the garishly absurd chads you might actually want to meet. Their music, like much of the alternative rap genre, often runs around the same themes: fame, drugs, sex, money, bitches… but that’s kinda the whole point.
Gaining international recognition following their viral NPR Tiny Desk performance, the two navigate newfound stardom, success, and the fallout of getting everything you ever (thought) you wanted on their newest LP, TOP OF THE HILLS. On their front-running single GIMME MORE, Cato and Paco rap through the weeds of riches above an addictive pop-infused electronic trap beat as they down bottles of liquor, racing through casinos, strip clubs, and helicopters in the accompanying music video.
“Antes faltaba, ahora me sobra / Antes dolía lo que ahora no importa/ Ahora que puedo pagar, ni me cobran” (Before I was lacking, now I have too much/ Before it hurt, now it doesn’t matter/ Now that I can pay, they don’t even charge me).
Collaborations from producer Fred Again and London’s spearheading jazz group The Ezra Collective come together on Beto’s Horns, remixing the track into genre-mashed beautiful chaos. Poking fun at male beauty standards, machismo culture, and the music industry at large, the duo flip traditional manliness on its shiny (and let’s be honest, balding) head, flexing not through dominance, but through absurdity, play, and self-aware camp. With TOP OF THE HILLS, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso aren’t here to be your toxic kings; rather, they come to us as cartoonish gods in tiny sunglasses, shaking ass on the ruins of the alpha male myth. All the while inviting us all to laugh, dance, and maybe unclench our jaws just a little <3
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