Natureza Morta is the next chapter in Lua Viana’s journey as Brazil’s foremost sonic architect.
Proposing a distinctly Latin vision for shoegaze and dream pop with corpos de agua (as sonhos tomam conta), Viana has further adapted the rhythms and melodies of her native Brazil to serve a purpose beyond shoegaze. Now producing music under the moniker Antropoceno, Viana disentangles her music from the confines of her previous alias to experiment with Brazilian music in a way that never could have happened otherwise.
Natureza Morta dissolves the western tradition foundational to dream pop, creating one of the first works of MPB to comprehensively embody the stylings of shoegaze while confronting the impending climate crisis through experimental samba. Bridging avant-garde instrumentation with profound socio-political messaging, Viana seeks to remind us that if nature dies,
—we go with it.
