A generation approaching their thirties with more questions than certainties, raised between the optimism of the 1990s and the disillusionment of the economic crisis, amid precarious jobs, postponed departures, suddenly tortuous paths, and sudden changes of direction in a world that had never transformed so rapidly. With "La fine dei vent'anni," the debut album that in 2016, the golden year of Italian indie music, won the Targa Tenco Award for best first work, Motta transformed private anxieties into a collective narrative. And now that those songs continue to speak to so many, the 39-year-old Tuscan singer-songwriter, a guest tonight at 11 p.m. at the Marina Café Noir in Elmas, is bringing them back on tour throughout Italy and is publishing a new expanded edition , a chance for all those who loved them to look back and count the steps taken. Without any nostalgia, and indeed, in the midst of working on a new album.
Ten years have passed since "The End of Twenty," a title that has become a generational success. In hindsight, was it really an end or rather a beginning?
"No, no, it was precisely the end of my twenties, although telling it that way made me experience it better. Now that I'm in my late thirties, when I think back on those problems, I feel a great tenderness for everything that comes after in life: there are bigger changes, you're less afraid of making mistakes, but also many more opportunities to do so. It's still a mess, just a different mess."
What is your relationship with that record?
"I put my heart and soul into it, along with Riccardo Sinigallia, but when we finished it we felt satisfied, even at peace with ourselves. It's an album I believed in then and I still believe in today. I'm happy to bring it back on the road, and with the snare drum too."
How do you see today's twenty-year-olds?
"I get asked this often, but I feel like I'm at an age where I'm not tired of sitting around judging, much less giving advice. I certainly see that there are different issues than before, and other things that haven't changed at all."
