Wanikiya Record & Karma Field Records Present SOLO1981’s New Album “V_WEIRD”, Out Now

Karma Field Records announces the release of V_WEIRD, the fifth album by Solo1981, the solo project of Stefano Giambastiani, available from Friday, February 20, 2026, on CD and in digital format on all major platforms.

On Bandcamp, the album will be available in digital format with a 12-page PDF booklet included, featuring the complete song lyrics.

International promotion of the album is handled by Wanikiya Records & Promotion, partner of Karma Field Records for this release.

V_WEIRD is an album that moves musically between electronic, post-punk, and alternative rock, doing so in a personal, unconventional way rich in influences. The album includes 8 tracks: 6 sung in Italian and 2 in English, including two poems set to music. The sound is varied and dynamic: dark, sharp, and introspective atmospheres alternate with powerful and angry riffs and visionary keyboards.

Solo1981 lays himself bare without protection, using language that is sometimes poetic, sometimes direct, but always sincere and unfiltered.

The lyrics explore the human soul, contemporary society, and lived experiences, moving through light and shadow, mistakes and lessons, falls and comebacks.

“The goal of this album, deeply emotional and unfiltered, is to leave something behind and shake the listener.
I was driven to write it by the emotional urgency to tell sensations, emotions, and thoughts, and to share what I have lived. For me, life is music and words: if I feel them inside, they have to come out. It’s a necessity I cannot give up, and I hope it can reach other people as well.” — SOLO 1981

CREDITS

Lyrics and music: Stefano Giambastiani
Artistic production: Stefano Giambastiani, Rosario Magazzino
Recorded at: La Tana del Lupo (Lucca) by Matteo Teani
Mix and Mastering: Rosario Magazzino – Temple of Noise Studio