Tutti Fenomeni
Merce funebre

Who the hell is Tuttifenomeni? Is it an indie group? And then why did they make an album called Merce funebre, what does this title mean? Well, these are the questions I asked myself before moving on to listen to Merce funebre. And you discover many things: first of all, Tuttifenomeni is a singer (I know it sounds like the name of a band, but it's just a guy) who originally released some pretty atrocious rap/trap tracks (titles like Più ti amo are cringe-worthy). It will take a few years to see in Giorgio Quarzo (real name of Tuttifenomeni) an amazing maturation. First with Trauermarsch and then with Valori aggiunti, until January this year when his debut album was released.

First, it is an indie record, but not indie as we're used to seeing it now (like Stato sociale, Dente, or Thegiornalisti); a sophisticated indie, with original musical solutions that, even if they don't scream miracles, are very pleasant and flow well (thanks to Niccolò Contessa, who took care of its production). And then there are the lyrics, never banal and packed with cultural references to literature, music, art, really intriguing. Great music and never banal lyrics can only lead to one thing, that is, an excellent album. And then an album that starts with the Funeral March can only be considered brilliant right from the start. Then if you add in the contemporary and bitter look of Valori aggiunti, the cultural failure in Mogol, the inaccessibility of Hikmet (inspired by the poet of the same name) and the wordplay in Metabolismo, you begin to understand how unique this artist is. But there are at least a handful of songs worth mentioning separately: Qualcuno che si esplode is a hallucinatory and corrosive view of this society and meanwhile also quotes Dante, Diabolik where he makes fun of the average Italian and dreams of being a pigeon (listen to believe), Marcel where Proust's books are placed next to the bidet and especially Trauermarsch (it literally means Funeral March, what a coincidence) which has an almost psychedelic instrumental tail. Listening to it you'll think of someone, a certain Sicilian singer-songwriter who filled his texts with cultured references here and there (guess who). Even if he will never reach this person’s levels, Tuttifenomeni has talent and has produced a beautiful and fresh album, exactly what we need in this period. I wish you a happy Easter, have a great day and enjoy listening.