Baustelle
La moda del lento

LA RECENSIONE

For those who may still be unaware, Baustelle represents one of the most enlightening hopes for the new Italian singer-songwriter. Courted by the independent label Venus, Baustelle releases their second album.

The fashion of slow begins gently. Cin Cin, indeed, is a delightful ballad marked by simple notes of a piano, two voices, and little else. Baustelle starts from the essentials to make us comfortable, to introduce us to their world. I am sure of it. Already by the second track, the rhythms become slightly more upbeat and a bit less intimate. And it's a pleasure because it makes us a bit more aware that this handful of songs will grow listen after listen, and even what initially doesn’t convince us will eventually thrill us.

Irresistible, in fact, seems La canzone di Alain Delon (one would bet just on the title) with its slightly French atmosphere, the single Love affair with a more than touching lyric and a vaguely '60s sound.

The notes layer more in Il seno, helped by a cascade of strings that decorates an already fascinating melody in itself. A splash of color of these songs are, in addition to the arrangements and the bright melodies, the lyrics full of a poetic style that occasionally smells of beat generation.

The fashion of slow could hurt (very much) for various reasons, but at the same time, it soothes and knows how to cradle like few can do. With uncommon irony and elegance.