2024 ALBUM OF THE YEAR - WINNER -
MELØ: Songs From The Spirit Box (Released 8 March, 2024)
I was first introduced to the music of Carmen Rivolta, the brilliant creative mind behind MELØ, in the spring of 2022. I was immediately impressed by his incredible strength as a songwriter, and his world-class production skill.
From that moment in the spring 2022, Carmen has since released several EPs and singles that received heavy rotation on the Sol of Synth-Pop and Church of Sol, and his music always found a place in my year-end Best-of lists. But never a full album release.
In 2024 that all changed.
In March of this year, MELØ released Songs From The Spirit Box, an absolutely GLORIOUS 14-track album that included not only some of my favourite tracks he'd released previously, but several NEW tracks that he'd never released before.
Throughout 2024 I found myself returning to this album time and time again, to listen to it from beginning to end. The hallmark of a truly extraordinary album. Each time I listened to Songs From The Spirit Box I discovered something new.
With a seemingly growing number of indie artists eschewing the full LP release format in favour of shorter EPs or stand-alone single releases, it's refreshing to get a full-length album to listen to.
For me, a great album should have both catchy singles, and deeper cuts that offer a true glimpse of an artist's talent and creative vision. A great album should make me bob my head, tap my toes, demonstrate great musicianship, and have several, "Oh... that was nice!" moments.
In other words, it needs to move me.
And Songs From The Spirit Box does all of that for me.
Carmen is not only a brilliant songwriter and singer, he's also a damn fine musician on top of everything else. Simply put.... I consider MELØ to be in the upper echelon of ALL indie artists, regardless of the genre.
He's a genuine world-class talent. And nowhere is that more obvious and apparent than on Songs From The Spirit Box.
His music transcends the bounds of Synth-Pop. When my non-Synth-Pop-adoring friends and colleagues ask me for new music recommendations, MELØ is always one of the first artists I recommend.
As a songwriter and producer myself, Songs From The Spirit Box is the kind of album that I long to write, record, and produce. It's about as close to being a perfect package as you could ever hope to achieve. It's the kind of album you can get lost in. Throw the headphones on, turn the lights out, and let the music take you down the rabbit hole. It hits the heart and soul.
And it hits HARD!
For all these reasons, and so many more I simply cannot adequately articulate, I have selected this album as The Sol of Synth-Pop: 2024 Album Of The Year.
To that end.... please join me in congratulating MELØ on receiving this well-deserved honour and recognition.
Ladies and gentlemen.... MELØ's Songs From The Spirit Box IS the Sol of Synth-Pop's 2024 Album Of The Year.
Track recommendations:
King Of Nothing
Glitter
Only The Lonely
Want You To See
Paralyzed
Let Love In
- Jimm K. -
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