RATOS DE PORÃO – ENSAIO PARA O LIRA - 1985 7" Canadian Punk and Hardcore Packaged sumptuously with artwork from

Packaged sumptuously with artwork from Sam Klickner

understated pandemic albums

unreleased demos

Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz

the band has experimented many times like The Pogues

RATOS DE PORÃO – ENSAIO PARA O LIRA - 1985 7" Canadian Punk and Hardcore Packaged sumptuously with artwork fromRecorded in early 1985 during rehearsals for the bands March show at the Lira Paulistana theater in So Paulo, Ensaio Para o Lira captures Ratos de Poro in a brief transitional period. After their debut LP Crucificados Pelo Sistema in 1984, the hardcore scene in So Paulo (like the rest of the world) was in crisis: police and gang violence made shows nearly impossible, and many bands either dissolved or moved into metal or alternative rock. Joo Gordo