Saputospace

Enjoy this little ditty. It’s a keeper!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C5DRzmVboj0

From Astro – Astro (2012)

Around the NPR Music office, we’ve all seen an old photograph of Alt.Latino co-host Felix Contreras as a toddler, holding a tiny guitar and smiling. For as long as Felix can remember, when he heard music he wanted to be able to emulate those sounds; to be a musician. Somewhere in my mother’s garage, there’s a picture of me at the same age, dressed as a tiny dancer. For as long as I can remember, I’ve listened to music with my body rather than with my ears. Before I can tell you what I love about a song, my body has already molded its movements to every beat and break.

When I first heard Chilean indie-pop band Astro, my body reacted as if struck by lightning; before I could tell you what the lyrics where saying, my hips where rolling in my seat. Astro’s self-titled debut is one of my favorite records of the last few years — infectiously cheery, lighthearted and danceable. The electro-pop choirboy sound will no doubt earn the band comparisons to MGMT: Those similarities are cited frequently in the Latin-music blogosphere, and they’re accurate, but there are also undertones of Prince and the New Power Generation.

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