C.O.D.
Preparativi Per La Fine

THE REVIEW

"Preparativi Per La Fine". The title of the latest effort by the Trentino-based C.O.D. (creators of two interesting works "Polaroidiuntuffo" and "La Velocità Della Luce" released last decade on Magenta Records and Virgin labels respectively) is a sort of bitter premonition that recently confirmed the sad verdict: Emanuele Lapiana's band no longer exists! And the void they leave is unfillable. Especially in light of this splendid work, whose compositions date back to 2001 and 2002, and remained abandoned for over three years due to odious legal disputes between the band and Virgin, the major label that unjustifiably rejected these demos. Perhaps no one had given them the attention they deserved.

Yes, because in these scores, the Italian rock breathes livelier and more vibrant than ever, the true great Italian rock, which is not that of Vibrazioni, Negramaro, Sugarfree, or Ligabue or Vasco. Inspired, emotional, dreamy, rarefied, psychedelic, innovative, immortal, experimental, pop, effective, engaging, sensitive... the rock of C.O.D. is, or rather was, all this. A real pity to have lost such a perfect band, capable of mixing beautiful sounds with equally ingenious and poetic lyrics.

In this album, there is not a single track that overshadows the others. They are all magnificently blended in a breathtaking sequence that brings this Italic work closer to a kind of Mediterranean version of "OK Computer". If you love Scisma, Radiohead, Marlene Kuntz, The Notwist, Coldplay, Diaframma, CSI, and all that rock of great emotional impact indiscriminately, don't miss "Preparativi Per La Fine".