Independent American singer Georgio Valentino’s first release in four years, Lines of Flight is out on limited edition 10”. The eight-song set traces Valentino’s steps from early musical retirement (“I can do something different with my life, something clean”) back into the near limelight of indie rock quasi-anonymity. In the interim, after a decade in Brussels, Valentino had returned to his native Florida, working odd jobs until taking the helm of Jacksonville’s alternative weekly newspaper. Then, when a certain novel coronavirus grounded air traffic, he found himself stranded on vacation in Athens, Greece. Not only did he choose to remain in pandemic exile, but Valentino took the opportunity to revert to type. He cobbled up a makeshift home studio to replace his forsaken Florida gear, and reached out to erstwhile boon companions in Europe, Australia and the U.S.