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Thank you all! I really like Disco glabro. Trella, actually I found out that they were Belgian after listening to them... which is perhaps even more concerning. Belgium is insidious.

One more point for the reference to Mansun... Yes, perhaps here and there there's a hint of the glam of "little kix" (more than "attack of the grey lantern"), a bit gaudy and baroque. Which, all in all, is not a good sign (Mopà, sorry, but I can't help but speak ill of it...:).

I already said my piece. Good record but without courage.

...and kicks in the ass to the Syntax and the Grammar of the Italian Language. They too, not just the Soul, want the Capital letter.

According to the review: conflittuazione? = conflict + fluctuation? = a fluctuating conflict? = a Greco-Roman wrestling match between astronauts? I don’t understand...

Yes, she is interesting. I am vaguely drawn to her new album, which came out a couple of months ago. Have you listened to it? Better this one?

The review is undoubtedly well-documented, but then it falls into bias. We agree that the album has some boring and ultimately avoidable filler tracks, but overall it is anything but a "one" album or where the music is "bare-bones" (?). And "Sharks & storms"? "Really, how'd it get this way"? "Goodnight Europe"? You don't mention any of these pieces, yet they are quite different from one another and cannot be dismissed by lumping them into the "already heard" category (by whom, exactly? Not Mogwai, Portishead, or Electric Wizard!). In fact, I find a northern, maritime atmosphere here (from Coleridge, if not Ossian), dark, an ultimately original hybrid, even if not thrilling, with passages here and there that are brit, elsewhere folk (accordion, cello), and elsewhere more American (with a voice, at times, almost grunge). There are at least 7 tracks of good quality. The overall work cannot possibly be, even provocatively, as poor and boring as you paint it. If you're disappointed by the enthusiastic reviews you read earlier, that's another matter that shouldn't affect an objective judgment. It seems to me that this rather self-referential critique of yours (see that wow in parentheses: and then it's Lynch who gets off?) doesn’t help those interested in the album understand it more than the uncritical praises. For me, it’s a 3.5 leaning towards 4. All said in friendship, Antmo, of course.

The review is undoubtedly well-documented, but then it falls into bias. We agree that the album has some boring and ultimately avoidable filler tracks, but overall it is anything but a "one" album or where the music is "bare-bones" (?). And "Sharks & storms"? "Really, how'd it get this way"? "Goodnight Europe"? You don't mention any of these pieces, yet they are quite different from one another and cannot be dismissed by lumping them into the "already heard" category (by whom, exactly? Not Mogwai, Portishead, or Electric Wizard!). In fact, I find a northern, maritime atmosphere here (from Coleridge, if not Ossian), dark, an ultimately original hybrid, even if not thrilling, with passages here and there that are brit, elsewhere folk (accordion, cello), and elsewhere more American (with a voice, at times, almost grunge). There are at least 7 tracks of good quality. The overall work cannot possibly be, even provocatively, as poor and boring as you paint it. If you're disappointed by the enthusiastic reviews you read earlier, that's another matter that shouldn't affect an objective judgment. It seems to me that this rather self-referential critique of yours (see that wow in parentheses: and then it's Lynch who gets off?) doesn’t help those interested in the album understand it more than the uncritical praises. For me, it’s a 3.5 leaning towards 4. All said in friendship, Antmo, of course.

Here they are, the Britpop gang of Debaser! What can I say, principles, the album is 100% Manics, but it's lacking in courage and variety (elements that, in my opinion, gave an extra touch to the underappreciated "Know Your Enemy"). There's more energy compared to "Lifeblood" (which was a bit too dainty), and that's fine, but I honestly hoped that the solo experiences of Wire and Bradfield would enrich the band; instead, when you look closely, they have impoverished it, shifting the more experimental explorations outside of the Manics. Who now, sound together just to return to themselves. There it is: the album isn't bad, but it's a bit locked in. As for the masterpieces (maybe not absolute), perhaps the only long-lasting one was "The Holy Bible."

[messaggio privato] He he, great Luigi! They're already copying you! :)