Brunio Who Returns With “Brunio’s Mind”
Contributed by George James
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didn’t know what I was walking into with this one. A Buenos Aires artist singing in English across 16 tracks, with a Spanish language film attached to it, influences ranging from Pink Floyd to Gaspar Noé? It sounded like either something genuinely ambitious or a complete mess. Turns out it’s neither, and somehow that’s what makes it so interesting.“Brunio’s Mind” is the kind of debut that makes you feel like you’ve stumbled onto something before the rest of the world catches up. Bruno Gugliano isn’t chasing a sound so much as he’s building a room and inviting you inside. There are moments on this record where the alternative pop melodies give way to something darker and more cinematic, and you stop whatever you’re doing and actually listen. That doesn’t happen often enough with new music right now.
The refusal to stay comfortable is real here. You can hear the tango in the bones of certain tracks, but it never feels like a gimmick or a nod to where he’s from. It just lives there naturally. The electronic and urban elements sit alongside it without any tension, which is harder to pull off than most people realize.
The companion film idea is bold, and I respect it. Releasing an album in English while the visual counterpart exists in Spanish is a genuinely clever way of saying the project is bigger than any single language or format. Whether the film delivers on that promise I can’t yet say, but as a concept it fits perfectly with what “Brunio’s Mind” is trying to do.
This is Series One. Gugliano has already framed it that way, and you believe him listening through. It doesn’t feel finished because it’s not meant to be. Buenos Aires is loud in this record, chaotic and restless in the best way, and I’m curious where the next chapter goes.
You can take a listen to ‘Brunio’s Mind‘ by Brunio Who here.
Four out of five – George James.
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Brunio Who » Brunio’s Mind » 11.26.25
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