Between breath and landscape: the intimacy of Corponuovo by G.EM – Rockon.it

With New body, g.em adds a new piece to a path that moves discreetly but with a precise direction. The album is collected, essential, almost restrained: four songs that do not seek an immediate effect but prefer to work in depth, between intimate images and arrangements that let the voice breathe. The writing is delicate, at times suspended, and builds a world made of small internal movements rather than sensational declarations.

The title promises a transformation, a crossing of the body and identity, but g.em chooses a less frontal path: rather than speaking explicitly about the body, it evokes it, touches it. New body it often seems to move on a symbolic, almost rarefied level, where change is suggested rather than told. This choice makes the work coherent and refined, but at the same time it can leave the feeling that the artist never fully exposes himself, that he remains a step behind the material he is dealing with. There is an evident grace, but also a certain caution.

The sounds accompany this tension: measured production, few elements, soft atmospheres that never invade the field. It is a record that can be listened to in silence, which asks for attention and provides details. It doesn't aim for the explosive chorus nor the more traditional pop construction, but for a fragile balance between word and space.

In this sense, New body it is also an interesting mirror on a semi-unknown scene like that of Cesena and surrounding areas, where there are still few local artists capable of truly emerging beyond the provincial borders. Beyond some “historic” occasions and festivals like the MEI – Meeting of Independent Labelswhich every year tries to give visibility to independent Italian music, we perhaps know much less about this area than it deserves. Works like that of g.em help to fill that void, showing that even far from the great poles of the music industry there is authentic research.

We are happy to have g.em in our playlists for this very reason: because it represents a creative province that does not make noise but builds, which prefers coherence to chasing numbers. New body it's not a record that screams, but one that stays. And sometimes, in the current landscape, it is a more radical choice than it seems.