Marlene Kuntz: “Il vile” reissued with artwork by Baronciani and performed live on tour by the band: here are all the dates

Thirty years after its release, "Il Vile" returns in a form that reaffirms its status as an essential classic of Italian alternative rock. The second album by Marlene Kuntz, originally released in 1996, is being reissued in a limited, numbered vinyl edition, available from March 6th, with artwork entirely designed by Alessandro Baronciani.

The cartoonist and illustrator, long tied to the band and to that album in particular, has conceived a genuine authorial work: alongside the album's artwork, the reissue includes an 11-page comic booklet, each page inspired by a track, plus three postcards drawn from the same visual narrative. Every copy is hand-signed and numbered by Baronciani, reinforcing the collectible nature of the project. Pre-orders are already open.

The release will be accompanied by the “Marlene Kuntz suona Il Vile” tour, a series of eleven dates in Italy's leading clubs. The April 9th show at Hiroshima Mon Amour in Turin is already sold out, which is why a second date has been added on April 8th. Here's the full tour schedule

• 5 marzo – The Cage – Livorno
• March 7 – Mamamia – Senigallia
• March 12 – New Age – Treviso
• March 19 – Estragon – Bologna
• March 20 – Orion – Rome
• March 25 – Hall – Padua
• March 26 – Alcatraz – Milan
• March 27 – Viper – Florence (C/O Cdp Grassina)
• April 8 – Hiroshima Mon Amour – Turin (new date)
• April 9 – Hiroshima Mon Amour – Turin (sold out)
• April 16 – Casa della Musica – Naples
• April 18 – Demodé – Bari

When it came out, on April 26, 1996, “Il Vile” marked a clean break in the Italian music scene. An album defined by abrasive guitars, extreme dynamics, oblique melodies and lyrics able to fuse rawness with poetic tension. Not simply a collection of songs, but a compact organism, running through constant contrasts: sonic violence and sudden lyrical openings, emotional fullness and emptiness, fury and suspension.

Listened back to today, three decades on, "Il Vile" doesn't come across as a relic of the past, but as a work that has kept its expressive power fully intact. Its anxieties, its cracks, its urgency still speak to the present, proving how certain records don't just define an era, but manage to withstand the passage of time, renewing their meaning with every new listen.

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