Personnel: Adriano Cintra (vocals, bass guitar, background vocals); Adriano Cintra (vocals, background vocals); Lovefoxxx (vocals); Luiza Sa, Luiza Sá (guitar, keyboards, cowbells); Carolina Parra, Carolina Parra (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Ana Rezende Dos Anjos (guitar, keyboards).

Audio Mixer: Mark "Spike" Stent.

Recording information: Trama, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Photographers: Luiza Sá; Adriano Cintra.

On its second studio album, 2008's DONKEY, the Brazilian dance/post-punk act CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) dials down its confrontational pop-art attitude ("Meeting Paris Hilton" from its self-titled Sub Pop debut), but keeps churning out beat-heavy tunes. A kinder CSS, perhaps, but not necessarily a gentler one, as best evinced on fierce tracks such as "Left Behind" and "How I Became Paranoid," where bold synth stabs are gamely met with searing guitar lines. Frontwoman Lovefoxxx and company do find time for a somewhat tender moment, on the light, cheekily titled "Beautiful Song," though even that tune can't help but descend into a Talking Heads-like rhythmic workout.