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 obvious similarities between the lead single, “Grasp Robust,” and Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento’s Brazilian traditional “Cálice.” It seems the tune’s authors, Buarque and the Tropicalía legend Gilberto Gil, had 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 tune has since been faraway from streaming providers and the album tracklist shows one other tune title.
Reached by Pitchfork by means of a consultant, Lenchantin declined to remark. Her label, Hideous Human, will launch Triste tomorrow, October 17.
