Alexander Search (band)

{{Short description|Portuguese band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

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| name = Alexander Search

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| origin = Lisbon, Portugal

| genre = Indie rock, indie pop, alternative rock, electronic

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| years_active = {{Start date|2016}}–present

| label = Sony Music{{cite web |url=https://www.fnac.pt/Alexander-Search-Alexander-Search-CD-CD-Album/a1160358# |title=Alexander Search – CD |website=Fnac.pt |publisher=Fnac |access-date=19 July 2018 |quote=Editor – Sony}}

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| current_members = Júlio Resende "Augustus Search"
Salvador Sobral "Benjamin Cymbra"
André Nascimento "Sgt. William Byng"
Daniel Neto "Marvel K."
Joel Silva "Mr. Tagus"

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| website = {{URL|alexandersearchband.com}}

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Alexander Search is an English language Portuguese indie pop / indie rock band,{{cite web |url=https://24.sapo.pt/vida/artigos/como-fernando-pessoa-inspirou-alexander-search-a-banda-de-rock-de-julio-resende-e-salvador-sobral |title=Como Fernando Pessoa inspirou Alexander Search, a banda de rock de Júlio Resende e Salvador Sobral |last=MadreMedia |first=Lusa |date=1 July 2017 |website=24.sapo.pt |access-date=19 July 2018}} formed in Lisbon, by pianist Júlio Resende and singer Salvador Sobral{{cite web |url=https://www.fnac.pt/Alexander-Search-Alexander-Search-CD-CD-Album/a1160358# |title=Alexander Search – CD |website=fnac.pt |access-date=19 July 2018 |quote=Compositor – Júlio Resende / Intérprete – Salvador Sobral}} in late-2016.

"Alexander Search" was one of the many heteronyms used by 20th Century Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa. Search, a literary persona/pseudonym created by the author during his teenage years, wrote mainly in English (Pessoa would later switch to writing exclusively in his native Portuguese language).

The band pays tribute to the work of Fernando Pessoa by adopting his pseudonym's name and playing original indie pop/rock songs built around his poetry. Also in the same spirit, each of the band's members adopted pseudonyms.{{cite web |url=https://rfm.sapo.pt/content/3944/quem-foi-alexander-search-o-novo-heteronimo-de-salvador |title=Quem foi Alexander Search – o novo "heterónimo" de Salvador? |website=sapo.pt |access-date=19 July 2018}}

Alexander Search's self-titled debut album was released in June 2017, peaking at number 3 in the Portuguese charts.{{cite web |url=https://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alexander+Search&titel=Alexander+Search&cat=a |title=Alexander Search – Alexander Search (Album) |date=10 June 2017 |website=portuguesecharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=19 July 2018 |quote=Peak: 3 (2 weeks)}}