Can the dialect poet from the Bernese Seeland write songs that are more personal than those of the past 20-plus years? Yes, he can. With “Mis wahre Gsicht,” George goes further than ever before. In fact, he’s long been labeled a “sentimentalist”: George, “Buuregiel” from the Bernese Seeland, blessed with an indescribably big heart and the ability to wrap emotions in melodies in a way that hardly anyone else in the increasingly monotonous Swiss music scene can.
With “Mis wahre Gsicht,” the dialect poet is releasing what is now his ninth studio album. It’s a work in which he truly offers a deep glimpse into his soul and tells stories that couldn’t be more personal. In a life that has seen its ups and downs, the result is a colorful bouquet of songs. Some of these songs celebrate life to the fullest with a lighthearted, upbeat spirit, while others are melancholic or even dare to look back on times that, seen in retrospect, weren’t nearly as bad as they might have seemed at the time. And in all of them, George certainly doesn’t mince words.
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