MARIA REIS (PT) An attentive and sensitive observer of the intimate and surrounding space, Maria Reis continues to explore the word in a way that is very much her own, in a poetic act that is as brutally honest and raw as it is littered with imagistic allusions, enchanting that easily relatable world of lyricism. Crossed by a kind of resigned and somewhat dreamy melancholy, ‘Suspiro… ‘ is mostly based on acoustic and electric guitars, simple but expressive rhythms, soaring vocal harmonies and a voice that is almost tangible in its delivery, pulling out the most memorable hooks without fear of exposing its frailties and grit, and all the more human for it.