Pit Passarell is a rare talent. A unique and original artist. A personality that seems to have recently arrived from another planet, or rather, from the universe so close and yet so far from the streets. A creature of the night, exactly as great artists should be. Since forming VIPER in the 1980s and recording his first album at age 18, he has never stopped creating. And he has never stopped changing.
He was one of the creators of the style we now call melodic metal, even before we knew what that was. He created masterpieces like "Living For The Night" and "To Live Again," among others, anthems that catapulted Andre Matos to international fame. Later, he took over vocals for VIPER and, with the success of "Rebel Maniac" and "Evolution," took the band to shows in Japan and Europe. Still later, he lent his great talent as a creator of beautiful melodies, an urban troubadour, and a poet and writer of autobiographical lyrics to Capital Inicial , the band his brother, guitarist Yves Passarell , joined after leaving VIPER.
Pit was one of those responsible for Capital Inicial's return to the charts in the late 1990s, a position the Brasília band has held ever since. He is the composer of major hits such as "O Mundo," "Seus Olhos," "Depois da Meia-Noite," "Algum Dia," and "Instinto Selvagem."
Pit Passarell is back for the first time, now in a solo career. He recorded his greatest hits in his own way, putting his personality on full display. He exudes truth and feeling through compositions that recall the Argentine rock 'n' roll of names like Charly Garcia , his compatriot, passes through the punk rock of The Clash , and travels through Brazilian rock of the 1980s, adding weight and attitude.
Pit Passarell releases the first single of his solo career this Friday, the 31st. In “O Mundo” (The World), Pit invites everyone: “You who have already been to heaven, was it all fun for you? The time has come to experience everything that exists. Take off your shoes now, throw everything up in the air, feel the ground. Learn to walk barefoot in a world of asphalt and without a heart. Until the world revolves around you.” Who doesn't know these lyrics by heart?
Wikimetal, the independent label of ForMusic (which recently re-released VIPER's catalog), believes this album is, without exaggeration, one of the best original Brazilian rock albums of recent years. "Praticamente Nada" will be released digitally and physically on August 28, 2020, but even the first single shows an artist full of soul and courage. Imagine if Charles Bukowski had lived in São Paulo in the 1990s and, at the height of São Paulo's bohemian scene, had frequented Bixiga, Espaço Retrô, Der Tempel, New York and the São Paulo bar, Dama Xoc, Aeroanta and Matrix, A Torre do Doutor Zero and Jungle, passing through Orbital. What if he had drunk cachaça with lime in every bar in the city center? Pit is a São Paulo Bukowski, but with a difference: his verses become great melodies and gain the voices of the public and the stages, instead of being limited to sheets of paper.
A wanderer of the capital, a familiar face in São Paulo's nightlife. Pit Passarell is a special character, a talent of the kind we don't find often and don't easily forget. He has that star quality . Pit has an extraordinary ability to express all our desires and wishes, longings and memories, complex and complicated emotions in simple and pure melodies and lyrics. From sadness to joy in the same chorus. Pit Passarell is a rare specimen, an endangered species. "Praticamente Nada" shows this. Long live the bard of the night, the storyteller of this frenzied São Paulo that he knows like no other. Long live Pit Passarell!
Listen below to “O Mundo” by Pit Passarell, available on all streaming platforms .
