Capturing an ambience amidst space and soulful, harmonised musings – creatively uninhibited, conceptually in favour of equality and rarely afraid to speak the unspoken. Multilingual artist Mutevole presents a growing repertoire of deeply evocative, playful and bold original songs.
To introduce the Mutevole sound, Meet me Beyond features Ainom and offers quietly picked acoustic guitar strings and breathy vocals paired and harmonised, male and female, for a dynamic that aptly reflects the poetic depth of the writing, drawing you into the centre of an enchanting conceptual mystique.
Diversity of sound is key but not at the cost of identity, with soulful electric guitars and faster vocal fluidity letting Anomolo start a new kind of vibe. Italian lyrics and a rising groove add variation again, but the song is still grounded by structure and that modern production finish, allowing the depth and distinct tone to provide cornerstones for the sound. Anomolo explodes into life later on, an anthemic rock song with impassioned peaks that are instantly uplifting and deeply emotional.
From the dark and alternative to the mainstream infectious, through piano-led theatrics that are performative, spacious, electronic and playful. lo, Demonca is its own beast entirely, that vocal male and female dynamic still the leading trait, but a fresh groove and a seasonal darkness letting this one hit with a cool and collected creative edge.
Italian lyrics captivate again for the scratch-DJ and distorted rock guitars of an instantly energising, hip hop-fusing Facemmece ‘e cazz’ ‘e’llate, as well as for the starkly contrasted tribal rhythms, world music instruments and whispered then confrontational sentiments of Humanica tu.
Creativity runs wild for these tracks, genre merely a suggestion confidently avoided by Mutevole, as performative freedom and an evolution from acoustic world music to heavy dance rhythms proceeds to take precedence.
Renzo swing (to Arbore) is a highlight, 1920’s jazz and softly spoken vocals taking you somewhere completely new, Italian lyrics and a euphoric swing groove injecting something unignorable and addictive into the Mutevole repertoire. A defiantly catchy highlight.
Smooth and sultry vibes ensue once again for the romantic charm of Maman, while something cool and quirky takes the English lyrics of Alice into an alt-folk realm of atmospheric distinction and intrigue. The storytelling is fascinating, and the multi-lingual artistry of Mutevole presents a world that’s striking, provocative, and often profound.
Then we get the descending piano melancholy of Realistic Woman (to all women), wherein a suddenly confronting voice feels like indie spoken word, lightly doubled, and a story of modern topical reflection on harrowing issues is unsettling to face, but ultimately incites a hope to inspire and uplift women.
The stories get more scornful but maintain their optimism, with the seven minute epic l, a bastard holding onto the theatrical depth of the former song, now relaying something of a second chapter in the story – or a countering perspective, that of the male, having lost his love, driven by testosterone, plunged into a level of loneliness that feels inescapable. If you want to start somewhere unignorable with Mutevole, l, a bastard will hold your attention in a way you won’t expect.
From the surface level bounce to the stripped-back and deeply thought-provoking, the role-play and the political fearlessness – these are unpredictable songs about love, romance, connection, the differences between us and the essential need for those to be both celebrated and reconciled.
Acida no! brings the colours back into the cheeks of the project, with lush riffs, diverse vocals, and a catchy hip hop and electro-funk groove, with a ballad-like anthemic peak for its hook. Then we get the acoustic Italian backstreets adding romance and lightness to the catalogue, with Mutevole’s Aira softly connecting for its fingerstyle guitar and breathy, reverb-kissed melodies that rise and fall like waves.
Strong atmospheric grooves and satisfying melodies let songs like Paranoia connect initially, with the title and concept then exploring a whole new story from Mutevole’s creative vault. Afterwards, we’re confronted by spoken conceptual provocation in the form of Tu, maschilista pezzo di mera (You, sexist piece of shit) – suddenly dark, mellow but unsettling; hip hop and mild melodic inflections blending Italian and English throughout a track that holds nothing back and cares not what you think of it.
The song evolves in a fascinating way, both musically towards a European groove, and lyrically, in language and theme or perspective. This one again is a highlight for its fearlessly eclectic, theatrical nature. “Yes you are a piece of shit” repeats and resounds, after a journey that seemed so quiet, calming and romantic before.
Mutevole writes songs from the heart and mind combined, a sort of reactive, freely creative approach to modern music, and the results are mysterious and interesting, musically satisfying, catchy, and cool; to say the very least.
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