MOMO. – ‘I Was Told to Be Quiet’ [Album Review]

Initially released in 2019, I Was Told to Be Quiet is the sixth full-length album by Marcelo Frota, aka MOMO.. The record, along with MOMO.’s other releases, is now being released on vinyl by Yellow Racket Records. The album, sung in English, Portuguese, and French, features collaborations with Alex Toth (of Rubblebucket), Thiago Camelo, and Wado. Written while MOMO was living in Lisbon, the recording was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Tom Biller, who invested MOMO.’s sound with electronic samples and dreamy synthesizers, along with flavours of bossa nova and psych-folk. I Was Told to Be Quiet by MOMO. Currently based in the UK, MOMO. has lived in Brazil, Angola, the US, Spain, and Portugal. In 2006, he released his debut album, A Estética do Rabisco, influenced by Os Mutantes, Milt...

unsplash-logoLilith Redmoon