Valerio Montelatici
My Inspiration

LA RECENSIONE

The album doesn't care about being original, it doesn't care about winking at music critics, these notes demand nothing
they just want to be authentic and speak for themselves, delving into the depths of one's weaknesses (the picture of Dorian Grey) and the most ancestral pains (forever without you).

In looking for more, we find a wonderful hypnotic piano, three notes played at the right time with the correct harmonic curse stay within you
much more than a thousand virtuoso performances. The guitar blatantly calls on Richie Sambora from the first decade, but you can also clearly hear many references reminiscent of Petrucci.

The artist hits straight, offering us what he has listened to in life and then digested without too much fuss.
The opening riff of Lost makes you dream of being behind the microphone and shouting to the audience "I WANT TO SEE YOU JUMP".

Of very high level is It's not yet tomorrow, time changes perspectives and calms souls, the ancestrally metal sound of Montelatici makes room for delicacy and
intimacy, experimenting with very ambitious sounds.
The saxophone in "letter to a friend" strips us to the bone, slamming us against the wall and leaving us helpless.

I found little fil rouge in some pieces like nothing else matter but the sun, a bit unconnected from the rest of the album while the title track of the album in my very modest
opinion lacks maturity compared to the finely finished pieces of the rest of the record.

An interesting self-produced debut, tackled with courage and tenacity, marking a point in the artist’s musical journey.
Will there be a sequel?