Cansei de Ser Sexy

Artist	CSS
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Sub Pop
Release Date	2006 07 11
Song List	1: CSS Suxxx (1:56) 2: Patins (2:18) 3: Alala (3:58) 4: Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (3:31) 5: Artbitch (3:09) 6: Fuckoff Is Not the Only Thing You Have to Show (4:02) 7: Meeting Paris Hilton (3:11) 8: Off the Hook (2:40) 9: Alcohol (2:49) 10: Music Is My Hot Hot Sex (3:07) 11: This Month, Day 10 (3:57)
Style.Categories	Indie Electronic, Indie Rock

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You've gotta love the way Brazilian art rock/dance-pop act CSS kicks off their 2006 release Cansei de Ser Sexy -- which is Portuguese for "Tired of Being Sexy" -- with a rousing chant of "CSS sucks!" That self-effacing quality walks the line between high-art irony and unabashed silliness -- slyly setting the tone for a sensual and quirky album. The song "Artbitch" finds singer Lovefoxxx cattily shouting that she's an artist who only shows her work where there's free alcohol, and the track "Meeting Paris Hilton" either recounts a startling encounter with the bony socialite or makes a clever and entertaining lyrical desensitization of the word bitch -- or maybe both. The whole disc has you chuckling and scratching your head over the words, while the electronic rhythms and meticulously layered crunchy guitars send you straight onto the dancefloor. The record is very reminiscent of the Sounds' 2006 release Dying to Say This to You, because of the sassy, provocative vocals as well as the overall mood. CSS' heart and soul are rooted in a sense of fun danceability, exemplified in the track "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex," an anthem rivaling anything recorded by darling-of-the-DJ, reigning club queen Annie (or even her much more mainstream equivalent, Kylie Minogue). It inspires a basic and guttural sense of movement that can manifest itself with anything from a rump-shaking booty bounce to Natalie Imbruglia's flopsy-mopsy dance at the end of the "Torn" video. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Music Guide