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After many months, I'm here to review an album that I had the chance to listen to in depth, which conveyed the essence present in the 11 tracks that make it up.
The album in question is "Come non mi hai visto ancora," the second studio work by Martha, released two years after her debut album and driven by singles that enjoyed excellent radio airplay throughout 2004 and 2005.
As the album title suggests, Martha introduces herself a second time in a totally new guise: Ethnic influences and summer sounds make way for a dark and predominantly Pop-Rock sound, characterized by electric guitars and distorted voices that give each track a strong charge and energy that I particularly appreciate.
"Vado via" is the opening track of the album, released as a single in March 2004, this song expresses the desire to escape the injustice plaguing the planet and is dominated by an undoubtedly Rock drum and a constant presence of electronics.
It is an energetic and captivating song, also thanks to the strings that enrich the auditory experience; already here, one can appreciate the high level of the album.
The second track, also released as a single (for which, moreover, a delightful video clip available on YouTube was made) is titled "Quasi amore."
It opens with a poignant piano, accompanied by the violin and the light singing of the great Martha, but this melancholic atmosphere soon gives way to a frantic situation, where the voice becomes powerful and the electric guitar once again takes the lead, just like when the despair of a recently ended relationship turns into rancor!
The title track of the album follows, a triumph of emotions and incredibly well-crafted sounds where the artist expresses her desire to experiment to be stronger and more womanly.
Noteworthy are the various vocal tracks that feature glitches capable of further enhancing the caliber of the song.
One of my favorite tracks from this CD is definitely the fourth: "Lacrime di cera."
Here, the purest sadness finds space, a pain that finds release in the distorted sounds and the extraordinary pathos perceptible in Martha's vocal performance.
Once again, the anguish is short-lived and makes way for anger in "Ipocrita," a track in which the singer laments the immense hypocrisy and carelessness of the beloved, a photonically jerk and bastard man with whom not even the most masochistic person on this earth would want to entertain a romantic relationship.
This time the sound is more tempered, but it returns to being electric in the next song: "Lasciami viva."
Released as a radio single, the song is a desperate plea to end the sufferings of the performer, expressed through the same formula used in "Quasi amore," which involves transitioning from a delicate beginning to a more sustained, almost violent register, as if to emphasize the despair and pain expressed by the words, just as in the music.
The same theme is found in "Fuoco, pioggia, aria," featuring a style similar to that of the previous track.
"Chiudi gli occhi" is a fun song that expresses the most restless side of Martha, claiming the right to let go through the same character of the other tracks, namely electronic instruments and electric guitars with a strong Rock connotation.
This is perhaps the only true ballad of the album, in "Solo x te" (yes, with the x, I'm not making this up) the drum is almost entirely absent, it's a slow almost completely unplugged where the whispered vocals adopted by the artist dominate the scene.
The last single extracted from the album, accompanied by a video clip visible on YouTube, is "Verso sud," an easygoing and incredibly Pop-Rock track that describes the desire to find spiritual peace by heading south.
The song begins with a recognizable lead recurring in every chorus and is characterized by proverbial energy and expressiveness.
The CD closes with "Soltanto un attimo," one last Rock shot before putting an end to this masterpiece.
A declaration of love, an anthem to the unforgettable moments you wish would never end, just like this album!!!!
Overall, "Come non mi hai visto ancora" is a gem of Italian Pop and Rock of the 2000s, characterized by refined arrangements and deserving avant-garde solutions.
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