The members of Brazilian Girls met in 2003 while jamming together at Nublu, the famed downtown New York music lounge that served as their spawning ground. The environment influenced the sound of their sinewy, sexy 2005 self-titled debut. As the accolades accrued internationally for Brazilian Girls, those impromptu Sunday night sessions were replaced by extended tours, and the band found itself playing increasingly larger venues. “Playing so many shows in front of different audiences definitely influenced the new material,” admits singer Sabina Sciubba. “The music started to become more fierce...there was this unspoken feeling that we all wanted to push things further.” To put it more succinctly, “we wanted to rock the crowd,” says keyboard player Didi Gutman.