FACT SHEET

● For fans of: Tom Zé, Devendra Banhart, Beck, Seu Jorge, Os Mutantes, The Smiths.

● Drama follows a love affair from start to end, Amarante giving the 11 songs an arc that includes “setting the mood” (ominous), “attachment equals suffering” and “relief/mourning”.

● Amarante’s parents ran a samba school by the beach, with his gran and her sisters making the costumes for carnival. He started playing percussion in the parades aged six.

● Amarante’s best-known song outside Brazil is Tuyo, the theme tune to the Netflix drama Narcos.