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Band of the week: Nancy

In the history of me selecting a band of the week I have rarely selected a band from outside of the United States. This has not been done purposely but I do tend to highlight bands from my general region because I am partial to live music and this affords me a great opportunity to see bands more frequently. However, some bands are just too good to ignore wherever they are from and that is just the case with Brazil's Nancy. Obviously Brazil has once again become a hot bed of the indie music world thanks to the Tropicalia compilation and a number of younger bands that are poised to take the ropes. Nancy is definitely one of those bands to watch out for.

Most of the songs on their myspace page are sung in Portuguese, a language I am not at all familiar with, yet the voice of lead singer Camila Zamith is so powerful and captivating that I can almost understand the words she sings to me. The music behind her fluctuates between loud and soft which adds extra strength to each verse and each chorus. Some songs start quietly before exploding into a frenzy of sounds, lulling you into a false calm and then ripping you apart, but all the while staying melodic throughout. Their music affects you all the way through.

They have an album posted on myspace which I have yet to purchase but probably will do in the very near future. For now their myspace page is playing whenever I log onto the computer and it keeps me company as I type out these little blog posts for all of you to read. Here's hoping the band keep recording beautiful music and maybe make it out to the States for a few shows here and there.