Ana Lua Caiano – ‘Devagar Que A Vida É Curta’ album review: All sense of time is lost

Ana Lua Caiano’s new album, *Devagar Que A Vida É Curta*, blends traditional Portuguese music with experimental electronics and percussion to explore the tension between rushing through life and slowing down to experience it. The review describes the result as urgent, unsettling and inventive, with political insight shaped by the past and present.

Released on 6 November 2026, the album draws on Caiano’s classical training and influences including Portishead, Björk and Laurie Anderson. Songs such as ‘Meu Amor, Fui’ use sounds from objects including washing machine drums and electric drills, while Caiano says the title, “Slow down, life is short”, reflects a phrase her grandfather often repeated.