Verso - Echoes Of Remembered Things [Aut Records 139]

Released via the ever busy Italian imprint that is Aut Records on November 4th, 2k25 is "Echoes Of Remembered Things", the nine tracks and roughly 42 minutes spanning debut album by Verso - a trio comprised of Marta Frigo, Diego Albini and Francesco Bigoni. Combining saxophones, piano, synths and vocals the group immediately draws the attentive listener in with the touching and emotional, in parts even broadway'esque opening Jazz ballad named "Sunbeam" which paves the way for further things to come like the subsequent "Now I Write", a tune which evokes faint memories of early works of the Hamburg-based group Spherical in the late 90s despite being deeply rooted in and backed by lively, ever spiralling and meandering Jazz excursions and not TripHop / Drum'n'Bass. With "Closure" the group explores a stripped down, rather romantic approach towards late night BarJazz x JazzPop speaking of smoky backrooms, cigars and a hand-picked selection of top tier spirits vibewise, the extended 7+ minutes spanning "Home At Last" once again fully indulges in touching Jazz(Pop) oceans which also is true for the certainly heart-warming closing cut "Mode IV" just to name a few. Certainly, yet surprisingly, one of the most Pop-, or better: song-, leaning releases on the label so far which therefore might resonate with a wider audience than the oftentimes Avantgarde-informed output which makes up the majority of the Aut Records catalogue. One to share with a loved one for sure.

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