This Venezuelan artist prompts the question again: do we like showtunes *now*?
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Alfred Soto: Pleasant stab at a Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band retro chic without the trenchancy.
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Thomas Inskeep: This is so showtune-jazzy (as opposed to Coltrane-jazzy or even Kenny G-jazzy) that someone writing a musical needs to snatch up the rights to this song pronto: it would complement a dance number perfectly, especially thanks to its horns, which sound like something lifted from Kander & Ebb’s Chicago. And like the best showtunes, “Mi Amor Perfecto” is incredibly hummable and catchy. And its title translates as “My Perfect Love”! I mean, c’mon!
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Iain Mew: Full-disclosure that I am writing this on my wedding anniversary and may be particular susceptible to its vibes (I can’t quite tell if the lyrics are all as fitting). Still, it’s basically an accelerating katamari of total cuteness.
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Will Adams: Just in time for Old Navy’s holiday sale TV spots!
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Brad Shoup: It bounces and shines; it takes off in the bridge. It’s a B power pop song, in other words.
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Jonathan Bogart: Neither her slightly hesitant voice nor the self-consciously retro instrumental are quite as punchy as they need to be to convince me that they’re alive in 2015; but I have a soft spot for the self-consciously retro, so:
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