Review: Brunori Sas - "The Noci tree"

To write this review, I chose to investigate why a work like that of Brunori is needed in the scenario of contemporary Italian pop.

At least in two aspects is necessary: that of poetry and that of the songwriter approach.

The ten tracks of the album are not simple songs, but narrative textures, generational poems that reveal the intimacy of a fifty -year -old struggling with his worries, his unexpressed fears, his silent fragility.

They are fragmented stories of a father who faces the complex intertwining of parenting, an emotional journey in which love evolves and bonds change, escaping clear definitions.

To go into this narrative universe, Bruori chooses the image of the tree as a symbol, ancient and powerful metaphor for the desire for roots, the need to belong and the search for a meaning in the flow of the seasons.

His poetics becomes delicate and excruciating together when he sings the shadows and lights of paternity: the disarming love that does not ask for anything in return, the ecstasy of a boundless happiness and ironable, but also the sense of inadequacy that flows of In the face of the immensity of the task, the bitter regret for a past and now distant life. Each note is chiseled with wisdom, every word is echo of wider reflections, more universal, on a time that slips inexorable, on the seasons of the soul, on the leaves that fall and on those that sprout.

The album is a mirror of everything that matters for Brunori. From intimate and reflective songs (In order not to lose us and the Sanremese The walnut tree), to the most dynamic pieces (More water than fire), to the sweet and sour sarcasm of Catastrophic afternoonsto the depth of the songwriter tradition of Black moonup to the popular authenticity of Fin ara moon, sung in the dialect of its roots.

“The walnut tree” is not a record that can be listened to superficiality.

It is a work that requires attention, emotional participation, sincere involvement. Especially for those who know the weight of paternity, the load of hopes and fears that it involves.
I am a father. The walnut tree dug me, he raised dust from the memories, hit the soul's ropes.
He made me smile, move, remember and dream. Thank you!

Score: 8.00

1. In order not to lose us – vote 8.00

2. The walnut tree – vote 8.00

3. The guillotine – 7.50 vote

4. Life as it is – 8.00 vote

5. Catastrophic afternoons – 7.50 vote

6. Tyson's bite – 7.75 vote

7. Fin'ara Luna – 7.50 vote

8. More water than fire – vote 7.50

9. Black moon – 7.50 vote

10. Security guard – vote 8.00

To listen immediately

In order not to lose us – The walnut tree – security guard

To skip immediately

Half an hour to immerse yourself between poetry and quality music.

Tracklist

DISCOGRAPHY

2009 – Vol. 1
2011 – Vol. 2 – Poor Christs
2014 – Vol. 3 – The path of Santiago by taxi
2017 – At home everything is fine
2020 – Cip!
2025 – The Noci tree