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A piece of advice: don't stop at the first listen; it's definitely different from the albums Afterhours have gotten us used to.
This was my first thought as soon as I finished listening to it... and I must admit it took a while to appreciate it as much as I do now; it's a gloomy album, lacking those flashes of bright colors that were scattered here and there in previous works... here it feels like you never catch your breath, it's like breathing stagnant air...
But letting yourself be taken by Manuel's voice, listening to the splendid lyrics that he always manages to produce, and letting go... you realize that in that melancholy you feel good after all, and you almost can’t do without it. A blessing and a curse, I would say.
The title track immediately stands out, and it's the perfect synthesis of the album: it lies between songs with more rock influences like "È la fine la più importante," and decidedly darker tracks like "Carne Fresca" and "Chissa com'è".
However, my preference goes to the album's opener, "La sottile linea bianca": sensual and delicate, it perfectly represents the Afterhours style to me.
The style that Manuel invented and taught us to love.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
06 Carne fresca (05:08)
Fai ciò che devi
non guardare mai giù
perchè sei ciò che vedi
se c'è un senso sei tu
E tutto è tranquillo
intorno a te
Sei carne fresca
non so dirti perchè
Ma è dentro te che sei solo
E' dentro te che sei re
Tutto è calmo
intorno a te
Tutto è calmo
intorno a me.
08 Chissà com'è (04:05)
Certo lo so non ho più niente da dire
Nè da rimpiangere o da fallire
Devo solo comprare ormai
Della seta rossa al mio male
Con la quale farlo stare zitto
Sei diventato un fiore alto e disperato
Perché è il tuo modo di gridar che vorrei
Capita di non farcela
Come quando perdi il tuo uomo
O il tuo cane
Chissà chissà com'è
Se è come me è quasi amore
Chissà chissà com'è
Se è come me è quasi amore
Anche il tuo mondo prima o poi invecchierà
Ora sei il verbo che nessuno userà
Capita di non farcela
E di essere il coltello
Ed insieme la ferita
Chissà chissà com'è
Se è come me è quasi amore
Chissà chissà com'è
Se è come me non ha cuore
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By SouthMan
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Afterhours missed the mark this time.
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