Sessa is fascinated by “the mess” of music, “the crooked translations that music gets when it travels.” A cultural cannibal like the iconic Brazilian Tropicalistas from the late sixties, Sessa unapologetically and seamlessly mashes musical references, from rock to jazz to samba and soul. Sessa’s new album, Pequena Vertigem de Amor expands the sonic universe he’s been building since his debut in 2019. Sessa channels the late seventies slinky sophistication of Brazil’s MPB scene, mixed with the psychedelic soul of Sly Stone and Shuggie Otis—all without straying from his sonic signature of acoustic guitar, Afro-Brazilian percussion and the dialogue between Sessa’s distinctive vocals and familial female chorus.