TRAKS MAGAZINE #8

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voina “Alcol, schifo
e nostalgia”
An lp victim of
hangover: Voina
publish Alcool,
schifo e nostalgia,
the second lp, that
carries anxieties,
resentments and
many confused but
fast ideas. Voina
come from Lanciano (Chieti - Abruzzo) and
in the spring of 2013 they released their
first ep, entirely self-produced and artistically
directed by Manuele Fusaroli and
Marco Di Nardo (Management del Dolore
Post-Operatorio). On October 2015 they
released their first album Noi non siamo
infinito. There is a certain continuity
between Welfare, the opening track, and
Io non ho quel non so che: an electrical
and aggressive continuity in the fields of
indie rock and post punk, at high speeds.
The first song focuses mainly on labor issues,
while the second extends his gaze in
a way of being, or rather not to be, in tune
with the common experience of the year
2017.Bere proves itself equally effective,
transformed along the way in a sort of anthem
(sui generis), with the bad feelings
that expand and meet choral moments.
More dark and intimate Ossa, although the
propensity to (self) destruction then takes
the main street of a very suffered and bleeding
song. Morire 100 volte tries again
to hold back the anger, through good bass
lines and other electrical techniques, but it
fails and the explosion it comes, even with
a hint of hip hop. Gli anni 80 does not
skimp on aggression and regrets. Il futuro
alle spalle starts from the bass to tell stories
of hope denied. Non è la Rai tries to
explain in detail the possibility of different
life choices, which is a bit the leitmotif of
the disc. Along with the accumulation of
negative feelings vented through electric
guitars always drawn. Il Jazz does not really
expresses a great fascination for the
genre of Miles Davis, used as a symbol of
a life that you hate. La Provincia details
the sensation of hangover and the feelings
that transmits, closing the album. A
very strong effort, that of Voina, who make
steps forward compared to the previous album,
also in terms of nihilism. The feelings
expressed by the band are clearly sincere,
digging to the bone and sometimes hurting
even just listening to them from the outside.
wops
“il giorno onirico”
Ten years of playing music together, but
first official album:
Wops publish Il giorno
onirico, twelve
tracks where can
be traced signs of
psychedelia, rock, dream
pop. The influences
range from classic
psychedelia up to the
American indie and more recent generations.
The Wops are: Fabrizio Piergiovanni
(drums), Marco Amoroso (low) Alessandro
Caruso (guitars, keyboards and vocals) and
Francesco Rita (guitars, keyboards and
vocals). The band’s name is a derogatory
term against the Italian immigrant invented
by the Americans in the early twentieth
century. The first song Ora mi alzo,
a dawn acoustic/psychedelic for the lp,
distributed with pinkfloydian footprints.
Without stopping you move to the L’oro in
bocca, much more rhythmic and less dreamy,
even with a very concrete and aggressive
drumming. The drift dream it takes
only the final part of the song, in this case.
Cori and dissonance in Funesto, equally
assaulting and with a round of punchy guitar.
Pace does not go down, but surely the
tones lower, with Lady 88, still woven on
a very fast drumming and increasing volumes.
Influences psych-folk and vintage
characteristics for A me mi, while La ballata
delle mine adds some ideas in the pop
field. Tones suddenly low and soft those
of Lei mi dice, whispered with a development
once again of dream pop. Many denials
resonate in melancholic Vinavil. The
second part of the tune, however, reveals
an electronic soul and a dotted rhythm in
an almost entirely unexpected way. Ripresa
expands upon concepts and serves as
the first intermission of Il Lancio, a track
that builds a rhythmic climax with meditative
pauses. After the second part of Ora
mi alzo, still soft and acoustic, the album
closes with L’arte del sonno, with a phone
call, maybe taken from a movie gradually
drowned by rising sounds. Good personality
and good ideas for Wops, who manage
to blend ideas and influences in a creative
way, to get a team job and with good levels
of intensity.
usual
“just feel alright”
Usual is the project of four musicians who
publish Just Feel Alright, ep of four songs
full of rock and good feelings. The band
members are Mathias Drescig (vocals and
guitar), Filippo Tonelli (bass and vocals),
Michele Marocchi (guitar and vocals) and
Marco Ziliani (drums and vocals). Just Feel
Alright is their debut ep, released on March
15 via Primal Box, recorded and mixed by
Fabrizio San Pietro
and Jonathan Bonvini
the Chrono Sound
Factory in Vimodrone.
The work starts
from Just Feel Alright,
the title track
that exposes immediately
the band’s penchant for international
rock (not necessarily indie), with a
rhythm crescendo and a choral finale. Dog
fits rhythms and a more aggressive and
heavy sounds. With the passing of the song
traces of ‘70s rock with some blues influence
emerge. Any sign of vintage emerges
even from Blueberries and Wine,
tune of medium and resonant rhythm. It
closes with Down the Road of My Heart,
with good sensations transmitted by
the rhythm section, modulated with other
ideas about the past without exceeding in
nostalgia, and even a trumpet passage to
confer other colors. Good ep, that of Usual,
rich and distinctive characteristics of a rather
strong personality.
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