Marco Benevento has announced the impending arrival of his new album and Big Crown Records debut. Titled Glera, the 14-track collection is due on July 24, 2026, and spotlights the musician’s acute musical perception, a keen awareness of the interplay among his titles as a virtuosic keyboardist, composer, bandleader, and weaver of musical patterns that flaunt rhythm and tone to inspire feeling. Ahead of the formal release, Benevento has turned over three new singles: “Houdini,” “Turandot” featuring Marianne Mirage, and “Frizzante.”
Glera highlights Benevento’s ability to perceive a studio as its own instrument, with mass potential to kick up new and experimental ideas. With an accreditation sheet that includes the likes of Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, and liner notes penned for the likes of Clairo and Leon Bridges, the artist’s main focus during this period was to hone his musical intuition and enter an increasingly personal place of craftsmanship that illuminates the elasticity of his sound: jazz-rooted and soul-laden, with reggae extensions that allow a particular musical flexibility.
The project began over three years ago as a private exercise that soon expanded into actualized movements inspired by Italian film scores, seductively rich in melody as they reached final form. According to the LP overview, “What emerges is music that moves cinematically without becoming precious. Tracks can feel like chase scenes or slow dissolves, sometimes within the same song, with jazz improvisation sharing space alongside reggae pocket, orchestral elements, and psych-pop atmosphere. It’s exploratory but grounded, complex yet unmistakably groove-forward.”
As an initial listen and preview of the developing set, Benevento has delivered an initial batch of material, three tracks, totaling just under nine minutes of music. Included is the album opener, “Frizzante,” a spirited instrumental brimming with high-energy catharsis and ideal for summertime picnics and play. The relentless groove of the opener transitions onto jazz-dipped and drum-heavy “Houdini,” before leveling out and being encased in a dream-like Italian fantasy a la “Turandot.” Listen here.
Glera is due on July 24, 2026. Pre-order the set now.
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