| Brasil | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | EOB |
| Album: | Earth |
| B-Side: | "Santa Teresa"[1] |
| Released: | 5 December 2019 |
| Recorded: | January 2019 |
| Genre: | Alternative dance, folk rock |
| Length: | 8:27 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Flood |
| Prev Title: | Santa Teresa |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Shangri-La |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
"Brasil" is a song by the English musician Ed O'Brien, released under the name EOB. It was released on 5 December 2019 as the lead single from O'Brien's debut album, Earth.[2]
O'Brien initially recorded "Brasil" in 2013 with the producer Ian Davenport. He rerecorded it several times with various producers. The final version, produced by Flood and mixed by Alan Moulder,[3] was recorded in January 2019. It was the final track on Earth to be completed. The song features O'Brien's Radiohead bandmate Colin Greenwood on bass,[4] and drums by Omar Hakim.
Chris DeVille of Stereogum described the song as "a nine-minute shapeshifting epic" and "sweeping motorik pop-rock" with "plaintive guitar arpeggios" and "a bit closer to a conventional rock sound" than O'Brien's Radiohead bandmate Thom Yorke's 2019 solo album Anima. Ben Kaye of Consequence of Sound stated that "'Brasil' opens as a somewhat bucolic acoustic piece, with O’Brien’s mournful guitar and voice leading the way as strings slowly dance above them. The pace begins to quicken a third of the way through, however, as Hakim’s drumming and Greenwood’s bass make themselves known. From there, the song becomes a pulsing motorik driver that beats out into space."[5]
The music video was written and directed by Andrew Donoho.
Discussing the video's concept, O'Brien stated:
Donoho said: