TUTTI FENOMENI - Lunedì

Artificial intelligence will find Vittorio a girlfriend

Because he still believes love exists

Another Giorgio joins the Tutti Fenomeni formula. Giorgio Poi is in fact producer and musician on the third album credited to Giorgio Quarzo Guarascio. An important choice - and, by the end of the record, a winning one - given that the first two chapters, “Funeral goods” and “Rare privilege”, had seen Niccolò Contessa behind the desk. The result is called “Lunedì” and it's the most joyfully pop record Guarascio has ever made. Here we hear him throwing himself into catchy choruses (“Mao”) and potential “indie” hits: a few years ago “Col tuo nome” would have made the fortune of Spotify playlists and the savviest radio stations. It's all underpinned by soft, enveloping synth textures (listen to the intro of “Morire vista mare”) and inspired touches that elevate the songs, like that sax flourish in “Formentera” which could easily have sat inside What's happening in the city.

A colossal topic like love is filtered through Guarascio's now-recognizable language/style, built on citation, cynicism and wordplay: "For all that coke you'll need two hearts/ For all those lovers you'll need two names" ("Piazzale degli Eroi").

“Vanagloria”, the quintessential track of “Lunedì”, seals the deal: “L’amore è mettersi davanti in una sparatoria/ La mente è una vagina/ Il clitoride è nell’orecchio/ E mentre te lo dico già mi sto facendo vecchio/”. “Lunedì” moves between personal glimpses and jabs at the present day, alternating pleasant surprises - “La felicità del cane” - with the nursery-rhyme march of “29 febbraio”. The closing crescendo of “Love Is Not Enough”, worthy of the best Italian pop has to offer, seals the listen.

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26/01/2026