São Paulo-based singer/songwriter, guitarist Guilherme França is a key stalwart of the city’s growing indie rock scene: França was also a member of the now-shuttered Brazilian label Pessoa Qua Voa. He’s currently a member of Quasar. He’s the creator of fdaies and part of the teams at Boogarins and Casa do Mancha events.

Additionally, he’s the manager of his first band while helping the local indie ecosystem in any way that’s needed. From what I understand, if you’re a Brazilian band in São Paulo and you need a booker, roadie, producer, merch table person or something else, he’s the guy you need to call. Suffice to say, França is a busy guy. But in between the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and all of these various activities and jobs, he started Sagrados Anônimos, a solo recording project that specializes in a blend of slowcore, dream pop and shoegaze, anchored by introspective lyricism.

França’s Sagrados Anôminos’ debut single “Martelo” is a slow-burning track featuring dusty, tape saturated boom bap-like rhythms, looping, reverb-drenched, shimmering guitar lines. The psilocybin trip-like soundscape serves as a woozy and dreamily meditative bed for the Brazilian artist’s tenderly plaintive delivery. While sonically recalling acclaimed Brazilian JOVM mainstays Boogarins to mind, “Martelo” is rooted in a deeply philosophical and personal question: “What can happen when you allow yourself to add one more layer?”

The accompanying video features the Brazilian musician playing in front of projected imagery of urban scenery — inner city traffic, birds landing on wires and the like — that’s manipulated to the speed of the song.