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Surreal
Surreal formed in Lisbon in the early 1970s, playing progressive rock when that sound was still new in Portugal. Their first album was 1975's 'Ideais,' which...
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Surreal formed in Lisbon in the early 1970s, playing progressive rock when that sound was still new in Portugal. Their first album was 1975's 'Ideais,' which gave them a song that people connected with. The band included Rui Veloso on vocals and guitar, Carlos Maria Trindade on keyboards, José Cid on bass, and Nuno Bettencourt on drums.
They released a few more records after that, like 'O Voo dos Abutres' in 1976 and 'Furacão' in 1978. Their music had the layered arrangements and longer structures common to progressive rock at the time. Songs like 'Minha Cabeça' and 'Topo' show the band working within that style, with shifting sections and melodic vocals.
There were reports that the band's lyrics sometimes ran into trouble with authorities during Portugal's conservative Estado Novo period, which lasted until 1974. The song 'Ideais' was mentioned in connection with that, though the details are hazy now. They kept recording into the early 1980s with 'Caminho da Liberdade' before fading from view.
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