Sail Through The City Of Light On Joe Geni’s Laid-Back Motorway Of Solid Sound

Joe Geni 
City Of Light 
NYC 
 
Influenced by artists like Peter Gabirel and Elbow, the New York City based singer-songwriter presents his passionate third album. Joe Geni draws us closer to the concept of the city with Cities Built Upon Cities. In the modern day we sometimes forget that what surrounds us used to be a much older infrastructure. This too was likely built on something much older still. A layer-cake of archaeology sits beneath our feet, and for cities like New York, one of the first major post-Columbus settlements in America, the local history tells the full story. City Of Light is taken from the album and is given a single status. It is sure to illuminate the rest of the record for us, which has been produced, mixed, and mastered by Charlie Nieland who’s worked with Blondie, Debbie Harry, Scissor Sisters, and Dead Leaf Echo plus many more.  
 
A melancholy tone reveals fragile melodies that begin to radiate across the bars. Drums and bass fill the spaces, fortifying the synthesiser. Joe Geni sings, his musicality is obvious as the notes and delivery spin and leap across creatively accurate scales. The quietly evolving melody pushes the boundary of flow with each passing line. As the chorus forms, an electric guitar joins the composition, lifting the tones into new resonances and glimmer. Then, as the music breaks for a moment, distorted slides take us on an abstract dreamride before the chorus rejoins the soundsphere. Elements of rock and blues dance with evocative folk-inspired showmanship to create a cinematic and memorable style.  

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