Giondamix – Non è Sempre Stato Così (2022)
Panic attacks are not only extremely stressful but quite frightening, particularly when you experience them for the first time. The emotions and thoughts that rush through you when this happens have been picked up by Giondamix and turned into his single ‘Non è Sempre Stato Così’. The alternative pop-rock sound of his music wraps around the raw edges of the mind to perfectly bring the experience of a panic attack to life.
As the Italian lyrics take us on an inner journey through the dark side of ourselves resulting in a panic attack, there is a feeling of moving from the spiral of negativity into a greater sense of awareness. Drawing on his passion for guitar-driven compositions, Giondamix blends the best parts of different genres and styles to create his unique sound. Riding over the music are lyrics that reflect on life and how we grow through what we experience.
A really interesting opening grabs your attention and pulls you into the feelings of ‘Non è Sempre Stato Così’. The almost strained feeling of the upper layers steals the breath from your lungs before everything drops to a heavier tone that has a touch of darkness to it. A building feeling creeps into the melody with those strained tones niggling at the back of your brain, threatening to take over again. The complex emotions that flow through the melody perfectly capture the first moments of a panic attack, leaving your heart racing a bit. This turns a bit on the chorus as it swells and seems to soar above the complicated emotions of the main melodic line. It is like a breaking of light through the darkness giving you a glimmer of hope. It is a really heady listening experience that inundates you with the feelings of the single, only to leave you with a strange sense of new awareness.
As your heart starts to beat harder and a panicky feeling is washed by the swell of the chorus, the vocals curl around you like a warm blanket. There is a soft feeling to the performance in the opening, but the delivery enhances the building feeling of the melody. The contrast between the vocals and the music is stunning and adds a new dimension to the wash of emotions. While the lyrics are in Italian, Giondamix’s performance is so expressive that the language barrier doesn’t really impair your understanding of the track. At times, there is a sigh in the background that helps to settle the panicked feeling of the melody before the chorus rises up with a newfound strength.
Transcending the language barrier with an emotive listening experience, Giondamix draws us into a panic attack, only to lead us into a sense of new awareness in ‘Non è Sempre Stato Così’. The attention-grabbing melody draws you into strained feelings of panic attacks only to soar into bright lights. While the lyrics are in Italian, the expressive delivery of the vocals renders any language barrier void.
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