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Os Mutantes Sign to Anti-, Ready First Album, <i>Haih</i>, in 35 Years

1:36 p.m. · June 17, 2009 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Since their 2006 reformation and reunion concert album, legendary Brazilian psych-rockers Os Mutantes have apparently decide to give it another go as a band. Os Mutantes have announced that they've signed to Anti-, and plan to release their first album in 35 years, Haih, which is due out on September 8.

Os Mutantes rose to semi-obscurity in the late-60s and early 70s when they welded pyschedelia with native Brazilian music into a new style called tropicalia. They broke up in the 70s amid in-fighting and LSD abuse, and were coaxed out of retirement in 2006. On Haih, they'll be joined by other tropicalia experts like Tome Ze and Jorge Ben.