Luca Carboni entered the top tier of Italian pop singer-songwriters in the ‘80s with his bouncy guitars, aching, raspy voice, and reflective, swaying pop rhythms. Albums such as his eponymous 1987 release established his strength in bringing bitter lyrical realities to his tender musical creations, where guttural desire is framed by a dreamy romantic atmosphere. His city, Bologna, becomes the canvas for charged poetic and ironic social metaphors, painted in electronic overtones, eruptions of electric guitar and the synth-pop touches of later albums such as 2015's Pop-up.