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 obtrusive similarities between the lead single, “Cling Robust,” and Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento’s Brazilian traditional “Cálice.” It seems the tune’s authors, Buarque and the Tropicalía legend Gilberto Gil, have 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 companies and the album tracklist shows one other tune title.
Reached by Pitchfork via a consultant, Lenchantin declined to remark. Her label, Hideous Human, will launch Triste tomorrow, October 17.










