The Boogarins’ “Dinho” Almeida and Benke Ferraz have been making music together since their fiery teenage years. In their parents’ gardens, they began creating psychedelic pop, filtering Brazil’s rich musical culture through modern lenses. Expanding from a duo to a quartet, with Ynaiã on drums and Raphael on bass, they debuted with As Plantas Que Curam (2013), an album that left Brazil and Portugal hand in hand, kneeling before the dirty amplifiers screaming beautiful things. From there, they delivered Manual, a record that reconfirmed them as four of Brazil’s most exciting rock’n’rollers, and in 2017, Lá Vem a Morte, an LP released as a surprise. In 2019, they took a decisive step toward internationalization with a fourth album recorded in Texas, continuing to show the band’s desire to explore the many possibilities of the studio. Sombrou Dúvida is a portrait of an unstable, pessimistic world that simultaneously tries to counter all of that with the optimism of technology. It’s a record walking a tightrope, questioning relationships and their place in the world, in a set of songs that whisper the uncertainty of the times while telling us everything is alright.

Their most recent album, BACURI (2024), marks a return to their creative roots, being the first recorded entirely at home since their debut. Nonetheless, it stands as the most “hi-fi” entry in their discography: with clearer textures, layers, and ideas, presenting a polished version of their artistic language. The result is 10 tracks written and composed by all members, combining the power of their live performances with the inventiveness of the post-production textures that marked their earlier records. For Benke, Dinho, Fefel, and Ynaiã, this is the first time a recording has managed to truly capture the energy they transmit on stage.