Povia
Nuovo Contrordine Mondiale

Giuseppe Povia has made a life choice, The Choice: to go against the System and throw away his previous career in the name of artistic and existential coherence. After four years of work, "Nuovo Contrordine Mondiale" was released, a full 19 songs on two CDs that make up a concept album on the hot topics of economics, history, politics, and society. The themes of the "New World Order," namely the loss of monetary sovereignty, History decided by the covert lobbies of Power, but also the consequences these have had on Italy. An album that flows smoothly song after song, where with simple, rhythmic melodies, spiced with some guitar solos but mostly very "unplugged," deep messages are conveyed. The signs shown at concerts do the rest. Giuseppe Povia has chosen to self-produce and self-distribute his new work, giving up easy money and TV appearances. Povia is a true artist, not everyone knows him, and until recently, not even the writer knew him well. This is because television, the Dictatorship disguised as Democracy, has trivialized him and implicitly silenced him, when instead he is the voice outside the choir of the new Italian underground music. Giuseppe defines his album as "sovereign," meaning an album where the Author chooses the price, so a copy costs 15 euros, and two copies 20 euros, but believe me, this Work is worth every penny. It is also a "final" album if we like, a reflection on how our lives are governed by power without us even realizing it. It's an album that goes beyond music itself to talk about existence, so Giuseppe could have continued to sing less courageous songs and received applause from thousands of numbskulls, but instead, he chose to speak to 100 people who will truly appreciate him. Among the songs where the discourse is global are the opening track "Chi comanda il mondo?," "La soglia del 3," "Il mondo fuma," "Illuso," and among those directly referring to Italy "Debito pubblico," "Io non sono democratico," "Siamo italiani," "Job Act" and especially "Al Sud," a song that embraces the historical revisionism that for over two decades has seen numerous scholars rewrite what we have been told so far about the Unification of Italy, and "Era meglio Berlusconi," the perfect snapshot of today's Italy, where it does not matter that the son will not have a future, because "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL"... couldn’t be more explicit than that?! Other songs address social issues of current relevance, such as surrogacy in "Dobbiamo salvare l'innocenza," drugs in "Selvaggia," and "La terminologia dei Bimbiminkia" in the eponymous song. To enrich the picture, some songs on life and hope, but that connect to the others, namely "Essere non essere," "Stare bene," "Tornerà l'estate," and "Voglio respirare," and to complete it the irony of "Ignorante" and the only love song on the album, "Meravigliosa follia."

What can I say? Povia has gotten back on the right track, few love songs that do not clash with the rest of the repertoire, and many social songs that return to the Singer-songwriter figure its starting essence. Rating 5. Must-buy (directly from Povia).