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Title: Fila Brazillia - Dicks
Review: Alas, Fila Brazillia's final album, DICKS, is a grab-bag of ideas, mostly half-baked, but with most showing promise that's never to be fulfilled. The motorcade funk of "Sidearms and Parsnips," for instance, or the joyous glide of "Shellac," or the smooth feel of "Lullaby Berkowitz." The tracks appear and disappear so quickly that it's like a machine gun of fun. What I wouldn't give to hear a full version of "The Cubist News," the dark bird-tweet of "Curveball for the 21st Century," or the sweet folk stylings of "We've Almost Surprised Me." "Ballon," the longest track here, has the sweep and thrill of a 'regular' Fila Brazillia song, while "Heil Mickey" marries a strong beat to sweeping strings and spacy synths. "Nutty Slack" almost hearkens back to the good ol' beatbox days, but with a sensibility only the Fila boys can manage. A fond farewell for the Fila boys.
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