{"id":410,"date":"2026-10-22T22:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T22:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T22:21:46","slug":"neil-leyton-on-electric-guitar-on-joana-alegres-new-single-oco-out-october-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"Neil Leyton on electric guitar on Joana Alegre\u2019s new single \u201cOCO\u201d, out October 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blending alternative pop, rock and Portuguese folk traditions, <strong>\u201cOCO\u201d<\/strong> (&#8220;hollow&#8221;), the new single from <strong>Joana Alegre<\/strong>, is driven by electric guitars and atmospheric textures by Neil Leyton and Patricio Fraile, as well as RAIA&#8217;s traditional viola campani\u00e7a and a hypnotic, chant-like chorus. The song balances melodic accessibility with an enigmatic, provocative spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With lyrics by Joana Alegre and music co-written and co-produced with Toz\u00e9 &#8220;RAIA&#8221; Bexiga and Patricio Fraile, \u201cOCO\u201d challenges false idols, hollow appearances and collective apathy. Its defiant refrain becomes both an accusation and an unsettling invitation to question the structures of power and the silence that sustains them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featuring Danish musician Patricio Fraile on guitars and atmospheric textures, Xumiga on bass, Pedro Almeida on drums and Neil Leyton on electric guitar, the track was recorded, mixed and mastered by Nelson Canoa at Est\u00fadios Canoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cOCO\u201d is out October 30th, 2026.<\/strong> Pre-save it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/mermaids.ffm.to\/oco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mermaids.ffm.to\/oco<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mermaids.ffm.to\/oco\">Pre-save \u201cOCO\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blending alternative pop, rock and Portuguese folk traditions, \u201cOCO\u201d (&#8220;hollow&#8221;), the new single from Joana Alegre, is driven by electric guitars and atmospheric textures by Neil Leyton and Patricio Fraile, as well as RAIA&#8217;s traditional viola campani\u00e7a and a hypnotic, chant-like chorus. The song balances melodic accessibility with an enigmatic, provocative spirit. With lyrics by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/neilleyton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joana_Alegre_OCO_cover_3000-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilleyton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}