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NERO

ALAN – NERO (self-produced)

https://open.spotify.com/album/7xQjvROOLjuol9Fukvx6E5?si=AWm6UasnR-2m87Y5J-3qNg

Black, as black as pitch, this debut EP. And not just for the tracks, a beautiful and highly successful blend of electronic music, 4/4 beats, techno-like, synth-pop, and catchy pop melodies that draw from the dark arsenal of music (from the '80s onwards). Black not only because the single (for which they will also make a video) is the title track and gives the album its chromatic imprint. Black because when you listen to the lyrics, there's not much to feel cheerful about. Some examples? From "Nero" itself: "tired of this life, tired of myself, it's an endless war, that I keep losing." Or in "Tempi bui" (the only truly rock track, similar to U2, clearly wave and melancholic); "pay taxes and die, not immediately, never question what you see on TV, I know you can't take it anymore, I know you can't take it anymore". Got it? There's someone out there, in the superficial fake alt-rock Italian world, who's willing to plunge into the darkness and write lyrics like these. Alan has the courage to do it. And they do it well. Congratulations!