Gabriel Moreno - Nights In The Belly Of Bohemia (2025) [Hi-Res]

Gabriel Moreno’s new album shows the singer-songwriter at the height of his powers. The London-based Gibraltarian poet/musician explores the dilemmas of living authentically as an artist within an often-unsympathetic society. In ‘Lovers, Dreamers’, Moreno observes, ‘They’re selling cakes in Montmartre / which cost more than the art / did you trade your Bedouin heart / for a hit in the charts?’ With his nylon-strung guitar and deep, dark voice, Moreno is a defiant troubadour, ‘stuck in the belly of Bohemia’ – that liminal space where artist and audience share exuberance and meaning. Leonard Cohen is an obvious influence, but Baudelaire and Keats too, Moreno’s lyrics steeped in surrealism and symbolism. The closing track of this deeply moving album invites us to consider what really matters: ‘some want honey and others want the bees to churn out gold’.

Tracklist:
1-1 Gabriel Moreno - On The Edge Of A Dream [3:37]
1-2 Gabriel Moreno - Lightning Bolt [3:56]
1-3 Gabriel Moreno - Bohemia [3:27]
1-4 Gabriel Moreno - Castles [4:25]
1-5 Gabriel Moreno - Vertigo [2:51]
1-6 Gabriel Moreno - Mortified Too [4:31]
1-7 Gabriel Moreno - Half Way House [3:16]
1-8 Gabriel Moreno - When You Kill The Thing You Love [3:43]
1-9 Gabriel Moreno - Lovers, Dreamers [3:45]
1-10 Gabriel Moreno - Churn Out Gold [4:15]