Devagar Que A Vida É Curta translates loosely as ‘Go slowly as life is short’. The title track does anything but go slowly, a frantic 43 seconds where Ana Lua Caiano’s assertive, multitracked vocals get in as much information as possible before the proverbial window closes. In Portuguese, she gasps: “Life is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful / Oh life, run slowly… Death is near, move fast…”
This second album by the singer and visual artist confronts the process of death and renewal with a vigour, bringing pathos and even a sense of celebration concerning one’s denouement that’s alien in most predominantly Protestant cultures. What makes Devagar Que A Vida É Curta fascinating is the dichotomy of traditional Portuguese folk music she draws upon with…

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