We are extremely pleased to announce the release of the debut album by Garotas Suecas, Escaldante Banda.

The album sees its release on September 7th, 2010 on the popular CD, vinyl and mp3 formats. You can preorder it right here on the American Dust website!

Escaldante Banda offers a brew of Otis Redding soul grooves and Os Mutantes craziness. The group’s most accomplished recording to date and the ideal Stateside introduction to Brazil’s best-kept secret, the record bursts with fuzz guitars, polyrhythms, scorching female backing vocals, big horn sections, and heavy psychedelia. Its grooves are thick, and it comes to make America shake. The perfect late-summer dance record.

Here is the track listing:

1. Tudo Bem
2. Banho de Bucha
3. Ela
4. Não Se Perca Por Ai
5. Você Não é Tudo Isso Meu Bem
6. Mercado Roque Santerio
7. Ninguém Mandou
8. Alma
9. Olhos da Cara
10. Sunday Night Blues

Sweaty, funky, exotic, committed. Garotas Suecas (Swedish Girls, in Portuguese) hail from Sao Paolo, Brazil and offer up a hearty, full-throated stew combining the best elements of their country’s homegrown Tropicalia with Anglo-American soul and freakbeat. The six members of the group met as teenagers at an open mic night and promptly formed a band, hijacking the home of an area poet for their rehearsals. They self funded three EPs, toured Brazil, and outlandishly landed an MTV video music award.
 
But what psychs the band more than anything is launching their Brazilian Invasion of the States. In the wake of their second smash appearance at SXSW in Austin and subsequent two week US tour (and just in time for the release of Escaldante Banda), the band is heading out for another month-long tour in September. The band looks forward to blazing a smoldering trail across the country. “We’ve played some college shows in the US where kids got super wild,” they say. “We are down for playing anywhere where the crowd is down for shaking very hard to our music.”

Here is the list of the band's upcoming tour dates:

Jul 08 James Bar Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Jul 09 1007 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Sep 01 Spaceland Los Angeles, CA (w/ Grass Widow, Ty Segall)
Sep 02 Bar Pink Elephant San Diego, CA (w/ Black Diamond Riders)
Sep 03 Elbow Room San Franscisco, CA
Sep 04 Uptown Oakland, California
Sep 06 Bumbershoot Festival Fisher Green Stage Seattle, WA
Sep 07 Northern Olympia, Washington (w/ Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa)
Sep 08 The Cultch Vancouver B.C., British Co (w/ Calvin Johnson and The Hive Dwellers)
Sep 09 Music Fest NW @ Ash Street Portland, Oregon
Sep 10 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, NJ
Sep 11 Space Gallery Block Party Portland, ME
Sep 12 Le Divan Orange Montréal, QC, CANADA
Sep 13 Silver Dollar Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Sep 14 Schubas Tavern Chicago, Illinois
Sep 15 horn gallery @ KENYON COLLEGE gambier, Ohio
Sep 16 Bug Jar Rochester, New York
Sep 19 U St. Music Hall Washington, Washington (w/ Kid Congo Powers and DJ Neal)
Sep 22 Knitting Factorey Brooklyn, NY (w/ Ava Luna)
Sep 23 Kung Fu Neck Tie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 24 Cake Shop New York, NY
Sep 28 Snug Harbor Charlotte, North Caro
Sep 29 The Earl Atlanta, GA (w/ Gaye Blades and Selmanaires)
Sep 30 Next Big Nashville Nashville, TN
Oct 01 Roots N Blues Festival Columbia, MO


“Garotas Suecas shouldn't merely be listened to or witnessed; they should be absorbed.”
-Carrie Brownstein, Sleater-Kinney
 
“Garotas Suecas has honed a slice of garage-rock-influenced soul music of which the Daptone folks should be jealous.”
-The New York Times

“Thunderous organ, drums in overdrive and group vocals to make any fan of harmony proud.”
-Aquarium Drunkard