Middian
Age Eternal

LA RECENSIONE

Some things should be approached with caution. Or rather, it would be advisable. It's a bit like with drugs. You can't just wing it. I don’t know if the message is clear: prepare yourselves, get organized.

An album like this must be tackled barehanded and the holds are few.

During the climb, don't think for a minute that you'll have time to take in the view. No, it will suddenly open up before your eyes. Not immediately, certainly. Excuse me for insisting: it's a bit like drugs. The kind that leaves you calmly doing what you need to do for hours and then, in an instant, sends you into a pool of colorful gummy bears melted by the sun. Now try doing the shopping. But there’s no need to worry. After all, we’re prepared. As soon as your forehead is soaked with tiny, microscopic, annoying drops of sweat, there it is.

We're at the summit. That panorama, that vision we sought until that moment, is right there all around us.

Never as in this case, the journey is worth more than the destination, and Middian know their way around journeys, believe me. About arrivals, honestly, the guys know a bit less. More concise and heavier than their legitimate fathers Yob, Mike, Will, and Scott don’t completely abandon psychedelia, but they seem more comfortable with doom, which they attach to a hallucinated vision of stoner and hard rock marked by the seventies, the right kind. Black. They pound decisively, some would say, but not me.

You will read outrageous things about this album, trust your doctor and don’t worry about it. Ignore, feign indifference. They, the others, were not prepared. Reaching the top of the mountain, they didn’t know what to do, hysterical and blind, they didn’t have the courage. You, properly organized, let yourself fall. If you understood what was meant to be understood, you will float.

Fifty-seven minutes, but depending on the circumstances, it will feel like much more or much less, five stages, no destination. But I recommend: with caution. It's a bit like drugs, if you hadn’t figured it out yourself.