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Self-Released, 2020
8/10
An Italian artist who’s skilled at guitar, cello, and singing, Massimo Silverio proves he’s got some serious songwriting prowess on this first EP that offers us 4 tracks that are incredibly diverse and often filled with much cryptic beauty.
“Tiere” starts the listen with ambience as strings, hazy vocals and plenty of experimental ideas invade the chilling setting that’s part orchestral, too, and “Som” follows with a brief display of soft and agile music alongside soaring, wordless vocals.
The back half offers the 10+ minutes of the title track, where a breathy and sparse delivery slowly builds into a emotive and dizzying display of loud, textured sounds and “Jevá” ends the listen gentle but playful with a moody rhythm underlying the unclassifiable landscape.
Silverio handles vocals, cello, guitars and samples here, but has help on theremin, keys, electronica and drums, and together they create music that’s much like the cover art- vivid, intricate and mysterious in all the best ways.
Travels well with: Thom Yorke- The Eraser; Paolo Spaccamonti- Volume Quattro