They’re not alone: in 2020, the documentary A Vida Dura Muito Pouco, directed by Dinis Leal Machado, shed light on Pinhal’s story. Since then, they have been helping to spread Pinhal’s music with shows in places such as Bons Sons (where they played atop a stage truck, mimicking a typical Portuguese festivity) that allow them to honour what Sarnadas calls “the repertoire, the popular culture and the spirit of José Pinhal”. The Post-Mortem Experience formed in 2016, when Sarnadas formed a tribute band for a birthday party. Word of mouth spilled online: Pinhal’s music started popping up unofficially on YouTube a Facebook group demanding the reissue of his work was formed he was even memed, with gags portraying him as a unifying force between different social groups or even a Halloween costume idea. Pinhal died in a car crash in 1993, driving home from one of his shows.Ī couple of years after his death, the brother of avid Portuguese popular music collector Paulo Cunha Martins found Pinhal’s music in the apartment of the singer’s former agent, and interest began to grow. A combination of soft rock, synth-pop and new-wave commonly played during arraiais (local celebrations) in Portuguese towns and villages, the genre’s overtly romantic style leans into tropes of jealousy and men being let down by women. In the 1980s, he sang in some of Porto’s biggest nightclubs and released three albums of música de baile on the label Edições Nova Força to very little attention. He was born in 1952 in Santa Cruz do Bispo. It’s a far cry from Pinhal’s heyday, if you can call it that.
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