Giulia Impache and Her Debut: A Metaphor for Existence
IN:Titolo is the debut album by Giulia Impache, released via Costello’s Records and distributed by Artist First.
Giulia Impache shot by Stefano Mattea, courtesy of press office
Giulia Impache is an Italian singer and songwriter whose sound and musical exploration delve into the relationship between voice and body on both a technical and emotional level. Always steering clear of labels and genres, Giulia has managed to shape a stylistic and sonic blend that creates enveloping, ethereal, and dark sounds. Her work also seeks to break the traditional bond with words. By experimenting with sonorities, she discovers new languages based on connotation and free phonemes - emotional and evocative textures unbound by any predefined conceptual ties, the same emotional resonance a sound can carry. IN:Titolo takes us on a journey that is not merely musical but existential, steeped in questions, self-discovery, and those tender anxieties and melancholies born from the desire to understand who we truly are.
There is a moment, perhaps fleeting, when every artist confronts their abyss. Not an abyss of despair, but that immense space that opens up when one gazes deeply within, searching for their own soul reflected back. The album is a narrative, but not a linear story. It is instead a series of universes unfolding like rooms in a house perpetually under construction. Each track is a tiny galaxy of meanings that, like the pages of a story, compel us to reflect on what it means to be alive.
The album is thoughtfully structured and is far from a passive experience. From the very first chords of "Please", the opening track, it becomes clear that Giulia’s aim is not merely to join an industry and entertain an audience. She asks us to strip ourselves bare, to abandon our egos, just as she seems to have done in the creative process. The atmosphere is dreamlike, as if every note were a question suspended in the air, resonating within us like an echo impossible to ignore. This is not mere fanciful escapism; from this romantic, dreamlike world, we transition to more concrete dimensions, such as the one explored in "(I’m) Looking (For) Life", which oscillates between the details of daily life and the apparent banality of searching for oneself - a discovery that, in truth, is far from banal. The album’s final track carries the scent of the sea and the wind. Here, Giulia addresses the listener directly, offering a farewell, though not a definitive one. It is the kind of goodbye that marks a new beginning.
Listening to the album feels like standing before a mirror that reflects not only Giulia’s inner world but our own as well. And what remains at the end of this journey? Perhaps only a sensation, a flavor that is difficult to articulate.
If it is true that “the journey is never a matter of geography but of self-discovery”, then Giulia Impache’s album is a perfect gem, embodying this concept to its core: a return to oneself, a way to rediscover who we are through music and the stories it tells.
What sets this album apart and elevates it above the rest of the Italian music scene is not just the quality of the music but the way it makes us feel. It is not a mere listening experience; it is a transformative journey that invites us to look inward and make peace with our inner worlds.
