New – Lasso – Parte – LP

Parte by Lasso

After honing their sound across 3 7 EPs, Brazilian hardcore band Lasso delivers their debut 14-track full-length LP, Parte. One expects a degree of maturation when a group makes the jump from small to large vinyl, and while Lasso doesnt go on any jazz odysseys here, Parte captures them at a peak of dexterity and ambition without compromising the frenetic intensity of their earlier material. For an album thats so relentless, so dense, and so fucking fast, theres a staggering degree of subtlety to Parte, from the complex guitar textures (infusing flurries of power chords with richer, Die Kreuzen-esque fretwork) to the razor sharp, Jeff Nelson-esque snare rolls, to the delicate rhythmic accents that give a sheen of sophistication to otherwise bulldozing tracks like Fundo do Poo Sem Fundo and Ilha de Silncio. While Lassos music has always echoed the desperate intensity of 80s Brazilian hardcoreand Parte is no exceptionthe precision of their ensemble playing and their knack for infusing their bellicose roar with memorable touches of musicality put Lasso in a class of their own.