Manuel Agnelli: “My first solo album is open dam”

Singer-songwriter, producer, talent scout, best known as the leader of Afterhours, the artist chooses the single ‘Proci’ to anticipate the release of the album. “An Odyssey in squalor. It’s about friendship, betrayal, hopes and mediocrity, ambitions, vanity and disappointments. It’s my Bohemian WRATHsody …” Manuel Agnelli starts a new adventure: the first solo album and promises a disc without filters: “A dam open”. The song ‘Proci’ anticipates the new project: “my Odyssey in squalor”, says the artist. In his career Agnelli has distinguished himself as a songwriter, producer, talent scout but above all as the leader of Afterhours, the Italian alt rock band par excellence. And now, for the first time in 27 years of activity, he will try his hand at a solo album, which he has just finished recording. Now, therefore, it is official. After ‘La Profondità degli Abissi’, released in December 2021 for the soundtrack of the film ‘Diabolik’ and winner of a David di Donatello for the best original song (category in which the song is also nominated for the Nastri D’Argento 2022) is the song ‘Proci’ to lead the way: available from 10 June on all platforms, it sees Agnelli as author, performer and also multi-instrumentalist (https://presave.umusic.com/proci). “Proci is, after ‘The Depth of the Abyss,’ the avant-garde of the unreleased tracks that will give life to my first solo album – Agnelli tells us – It is a surrealist piece, where the Berlin of the mid-30s mixes with punk and with the sound of the Cologno Monzese supermarkets. I enjoyed playing everything: the guitar, the synths, the percussion, the beat box, the drums and above all the piano, which I use here in a completely unique way as a rhythmic instrument, as noisy instrument and as the main instrument, the one that makes the riffs of the piece “. The reference of the title, Manuel confirms, is of course to the Homeric princes who feasted in the throne room of Ithaca, celebrating the alleged death of the ancient ally Ulysses and trying to convince Penelope to marry one of them: “Proci is my Odyssey, a “Odyssey in squalor. It talks about friendship, betrayal, hopes and mediocrity, ambitions, vanity and disappointments. Above all it talks about the point of view, which is the true protagonist of the song and always triumphs over reality. It talks about it without compromise.” measures. With an open dam. It’s my Bohemian WRATHsody… “. “Music – says Manuel Agnelli – is a wonderful tool that allows you to express feelings, even and above all the less noble ones, with a frankness and certainly also a violence that is sometimes disproportionate and difficult in real life: it allows us to make noble less noble part of us. If we want even without filters. It allows us to empty ourselves and thus to be able to feed ourselves again. For that it is curative. For that it works. So I always take advantage of it. If you want to take advantage of it too “. Fans will be able to listen to ‘Proci’ live during Manuel Agnelli’s 2022 tour produced and organized by Vertigo, which will touch the main summer arenas and Italian festivals. For the dates of the tour that starts on 7 July at Flowers Festival Collegno (Turin) and ends on 12 August at Nxt Station (Bergamo) as well as for pre-sales, you can consult the website https://www.vertigo.co.it/ artist / manuel-agnelli /