# Marco Benevento – ‘Glera’ album review: A genre-defying hark back to the age of library LPs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/marco-benevento-glera-album-review-a-genre-defying-hark-back-to-the-age-of-library-lps/
- Published: 2026-07-23T11:09:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T04:05:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/marco-benevento-glera-album-review/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- *Glera* blends jazz, funk and experimental instrumental music.
- Its sound recalls atmospheric library records for film and television.
- The review rates it three out of five.

## Summary

Marco Benevento’s *Glera* is reviewed as a genre-blending instrumental album that revives the atmosphere and flexibility of vintage library music. The reviewer argues that its strength lies in creating vivid, shifting settings while moving smoothly between styles, presenting it as a useful distillation of Benevento’s broad musical approach.

Built around Benevento’s organ playing, the Big Crown Records release draws on 1970s funk and soul, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazz and experimental, retro-futurist textures. The review gives it a rating of three out of five, names ‘Crema’ as the standout track, and notes that the album is released on 24 July 2026; Benevento also produced it.

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