Some artists release albums. Michele Ducci releases worlds. The Italian songwriter and vocalist has dropped his sophomore record, Snail in the Clouds and is now releasing a full-length animated film for that album, which he co-created with his partner Letizia Mandolesi.

Recorded and produced by Simon Milner at 4 am Studios in London, the album is a lush, multi-layered journey through psychedelic pop, synth textures, and orchestral warmth — all set against an elaborate fictional universe inhabited by hybrid creatures devoted to music, Pythagoras, and survival.