O Passo formed in São Paulo around 2009, with Jairo Bonfim on vocals, Fernando Anitelli on guitar, Felipe Castro on bass, and Thiago Duarte on drums. Their first album, Amanhã, came out in 2012 and gave the band its name track, a song that stuck with listeners for its straightforward sense of hope. They followed it with Nada Para Sempre in 2014 and Tempo de Recomeçar in 2018, along with a live recording from Porto Alegre.
Their music pulls from soul and R&B, wrapped in pop arrangements that keep the focus on Bonfim's voice. Songs like Entre Reis E Leis and Rua das Ilusões work with the same clean, melodic touch, avoiding clutter in favor of direct emotional delivery. In 2017, some plagiarism claims surfaced around Amanhã, but they didn't end up holding.
O Passo's catalog stays modest in size, built on a few studio albums and that live set. The writing tends to circle themes of perseverance and looking forward, heard in tracks like Sob Um Sol De Um Novo Tempo and Explicação. They haven't chased trends or overextended their sound, which gives their records a consistent, unforced quality.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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