George Gaudy hails from Greece where he has built a strong and significant fanbase. Having appeared at major festivals and mainstream TV, George relocated to London to continue his musical journey. The proven songwriter’s love of renowned hardwre and equipment give George’s music a true retro sound. With this often missing from commercial records, George is a breath of fresh air.
At the start of April, George Gaudy brought us a stellar offering titled ‘Little Pieces‘. Made up of 8 tracks, the LP is a well-rounded body of work. Blending desert rock with a western score, ‘Little Pieces‘ is a true cinematic escape.
The album opens with ‘Bitter Princess Isabella’. George’s second single from the project neatly paves the way for one of the albums strongest tracks. Crashing keys flood the lower octave of ‘Little Man’, whilst George’s guitar lines and gushing vocal raise the tensions. ‘The Beast‘ follows, and the softer single finds a rivival in its beauty on this record with it’s enchanting waltz piano.
The albums title track ‘Little Pieces‘ picks up where ‘The Beast‘ left off. ‘Oh Mary‘ draws comparisons with New York hailing alt-rock group The National.
The real cinema begins in ‘Mother (reprise)’, with crashing toms, enchanting woodwind and whispering guitar letting the duetted vocals take the fore. With musicianship at its core ‘The Day I Die‘ is the most differing track on the record. It takes eastern influences and blends them in this retro-rock LP. The record closes with ‘Unbecoming‘ in which George declares that he feels “the king of this whole story“, and this ballad is an emotive end to a triumph of a record. Aged and darkened, glowing and gorgeous, ‘Little Pieces’ is an example to us all that the album is not dead.
‘Little Pieces‘ is indeed full of life.
