"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.
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, 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, 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 OâÂÂBrienâÂÂs 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 HakimâÂÂs drumming and GreenwoodâÂÂs bass make themselves known. From there, the song becomes a pulsing motorik driver that beats out into space."
The music video was written and directed by Andrew Donoho.
Discussing the video's concept, O'Brien stated:
Donoho said: