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Andrea Longato: Thinking Heart

by Dan McClenaghan
February 6, 2025

First impressions of music--putting streaming aside--can come at you from the cover art. Guitarist Andrea Longato's debut release, Thinking Heart features a pair of rhinoceros standing side-by-side, mirror images inside a plain wash of olive green. Who would create cover art like that? And why? But the why does not matter. The image is a bit strange but beautiful and compelling, and it evokes the “What kind of music have we got here?"  Good. The first impression has ...