Again in August, former Pixies bassist Paz Lenchantin introduced her return with a solo album, Triste. Quickly after the information went stay, listeners on Reddit and YouTube famous obtrusive similarities between the lead single, “Cling Powerful,” and Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento’s Brazilian traditional “Cálice.” It seems the track’s authors, Buarque and the Tropicalía legend Gilberto Gil, have been listening, too. In August, the duo filed a discover accusing Lenchantin of plagiarizing “Calice,” as reported within the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. Lenchantin, who was born in Argentina, made no public remark, however the track has since been faraway from streaming providers and the album tracklist shows one other track title.
Reached by Pitchfork by a consultant, Lenchantin declined to remark. Her label, Hideous Human, will launch Triste tomorrow, October 17.
