Brunori sas
Al di là dell'amore

Three years after his last studio work A casa tutto bene, Brunori Sas returns with a new single titled Al di là dell'amore, available since last September 19 on all online platforms, prompting us to write an enthusiastic review. A single that confirms the signature style of the Calabrian singer-songwriter while seeking an expressive mode capable of reaching a wider audience (it is no coincidence that he announced that the tour linked to the new album will see him perform for the first time in his career in sports arenas, ten years after his official recording debut).

Brunori Sas, one of the most interesting and original voices of current Italian singer-songwriters, relies in this single on more aggressive atmospheres with greater radio appeal (the production is curated together with Taketo Gohara, who helped Brunori give the piece a powerful, granite sound, somewhere between Ivan Graziani and Battisti of the '80s), leaving the words their usual strength and textual significance.

The literal structure of the song is built on the contrast and continuous overlap of feelings and moods ranging from disillusionment to trust, passing through bitterness and vital momentum. As stated by Brunori Sas, Al di là dell'amore aims to be: “an ethical and poetic song in three voices which, starting from a social reflection, questions the eternal contention between what we think is Good and what we think is Evil.”

The first of these voices, entrusted to the verses, has the vehemence and incisive force of social denunciation, an impulsive invective towards that part of humanity forgetful of its own humanity and which has lost the ability to feel empathy. Bitterness mixes with sarcasm in a ruthless x-ray of our society: “but these people just want to scream / turn up the speakers and make noise / outside of wrong and right / a pack of dogs without a master / and they pretend not to see / and they pretend not to know / that we’re talking about men here / about women and men.” And everyone here is free to interpret, although the reference to the nameless mob incited by social media, of which we have daily experience and which is also a topic of political relevance, seems all too evident.

The second of these voices is the one entrusted to the chorus where even the most harmonious melodies invite reflection and seem to echo the voice of ancient wisdom encouraging to look at things from a broader perspective, to widen the gaze starting by working on oneself, resisting the endless, hypocritical temptation to cast the first stone. Brunori Sas’s verses become an anthem of hope, an invitation to undertake an authentic personal journey, not to lose one's way, almost reiterating the beginning of "La verità" with the reference to the mountains which, in that case, one set out to climb, stopping at the first restaurant: “but you'll see it'll be fine / everything will be fine / you just need to start walking / reach the summit of new mountains / and you’ll see it’ll be fine / everything will be fine / you just have to stop shouting / and tell the world with new words / begging those who come from the sea / to trace the boundary between good and evil again / if a boundary between good and evil really still exists.”