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1LP Vinyl – FARO211

It’s hard to reconcile the grizzled veteran on the cover of Marcos Valle’s new album with the baby-faced Brazilian star who debuted in 1964. Yet throughout his career, as Valle went from the short-haired, polite-looking young man of the ‘60s through the long-haired psychedelic early ‘70s to the shirtless boogiefied ‘80s, Valle’s music has remained youthful even if he’s physically transformed into a kind of bossa nova Nick Nolte. Now 75 years old, Valle is back with Sempre (“Ever”). The defiant portrait that graces it has the optics of an elder party statesman holding his ground in a row of palm trees and staring down misguided youth. But it accompanies a sound as fresh as, well, ever, current without a hint of trendiness, as danceable and beguiling as Valle’s best work.