Whether it’s heartache, nostalgia, or contentment, the reasons an artist might be compelled to transmit an explicit feeling to an entire body of work will always be a mystery. Jimmy Gnecco has always been inspired by sorrow – when he began his career as the main songwriter of Ours, he utilized a brooding rock sound to balance his personal affliction in a grandiose manner. But something happened along the way: while those years brought a connectedness with his audience, he also felt that he had left those closest to him. After eight years of absence, the prolific songwriter found a way to reconnect that passion with “The Heart”, a set of mostly acoustic songs that may seep with melancholy, but also provide a hopeful air. Gnecco still hasn’t lost his driving force – a fragile falsetto so passionate that it can shatter glass at its most powerful.
– Juan Rodríguez