nOOrda
To The Antipole

THE REVIEW

Second release, after the self-titled debut in 2002, for nOOrda by Cesare Malfatti (La Crus, The Dining Rooms) and Gionata Bettini. The vocal collaborations are by Alessandro Raina (Giardini Di Mirò), Imma Costanzo (Soul Mio), and Jennifer Jackson.

Two parallel lines that meet, impossible you might say! Yet in this album, it happens.
The rock/indie line intersects with that of the Bristol sound at a point we might call indietronica, where the two heterogeneous sounds take hold, chase, and abandon each other throughout the entire CD.
We arrive at the demonstration of the theorem through 11 tracks that collectively appear wisely melancholic but, above all, "full of atmospheres" that everyone can have fun imagining and coloring, using, mind you, soft colors but decisive strokes.

The Carnation is the track that opens the album, an intense and melodic piece on par with Endless Summer, which turns out to be more catchy and gripping; sinuous on the other hand is Where Do Stars Go, a pinch of nostalgia takes us listening to A Different Road, sound and vocal laments involve us in Shoreditch.
There are two instrumental tracks, Nobody 1 and Nobody 2, with impalpable electricity in the first piece, a dark setting with melancholy glimpses in the second; To The Antipole, the track that gives the CD its name, highlights Raina's ability to convey deep emotions with his voice, anguish is the characteristic of this song. It ends with Anywhere For Your Love, a velvety finale for a work that deserves attention and listening, and once again demonstrates how music is not geometry and how its parallel lines meet and will continue to meet.

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