Meg
Meg

LA RECENSIONE

Meg was a member, as you all know, of 99posse, and then decided, like all the other members of the group, to let go and start a solo and individual career. But where is Meg in this first work of hers?? To be honest, Meg's debut is an excellent experiment; it gathers everything that Meg likes, and you can feel with great precision what has inspired her over time. It is often a visceral work, and also intense and powerful, it gathers sounds and emotions from small gestures and movements, and knows how to create new sounds and feelings, if you have never listened to any work by Björk!

If you have, everything seems copied, beautiful, powerful, but already heard. "Sopravvivi" is the most striking example; it seems like "Pluto" in every way with that powerful blend of Techno/industrial, that angry and suffering voice, and that 6-line text. But if with "Pluto" Björk perfectly expresses her anger, that anguish, that desire to explode and leave no trace of her humanity, Meg with "Sopravvivi" expresses nothing, a silly nursery rhyme made on obvious rhymes. And so it is for many other pieces of the album, "Olio su tela" plays on bells and electronic beats and would blend perfectly in "Vespertine", "Elemento" perfectly combines violins and visceral sounds, very similar to "Joga" also by Björk, obviously, for those who didn't know...

But the real problem with this debut is the lyrics—nursery rhymes, "perfect" rhymes, and wordplay that may seem musical but express nothing, leaving no emotion (at least to me). However, this work should not be completely rejected, the 12 songs are nonetheless a different experiment in the Italian scene. "Puzzle" is certainly the most significant song, fast and powerful like lava; it develops without any written plan and features a woman very attached to her land, singing without restraint the love that binds her to her city. "Regno d’acqua," musically courageous and original, is set upon typical sea sounds: waves crashing against rocks, clicking claws, siren songs, and sand moving on a shell. "Senza paura" shifts from the Björk-like atmosphere towards Brazilian arrangements and with a decidedly Italian musical structure. "Invisible ink" is a nice swing, with English lyrics, developing on Meg's warm and loving voice, appearing original and very pleasant, with the double bass and the hi-hat marking the whole song.

In short, Meg has all the capabilities to make a mark—a beautiful voice, one of the most unique in Italy, an enviable maturity in writing, which should however lead to more personal lyrics, and a notable musical background... let's hope for the next!