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Meditated, this record needs to be meditated upon.
First of all, it is not immediately catchy, despite the two singles (one of which is a hit) "stop me" and "everyday." The variations in the album make the work so heterogeneous that one would need to listen to a track at least ten times to fully understand it.
Planet Funk, as we know, have never been too fond of large-scale success. They prefer to keep to themselves quietly and release their albums without being too much in the spotlight. And this "the illogical consequence" (which for me remains their masterpiece) is proof of that, and further proof will be the subsequent album (released this October 27) "static," but that is another story.
It starts with "movement is noted," an almost "lullaby" intro, then immediately explodes with the two ballads "everyday" and "stop me." Then the calm. And the entire album will be like this, very calm episodes alternating with electronic outbursts. The keyboards, very present in the album, help create a lot of atmosphere. Particularly significant is "Tears after the rainbow" whose voice is the sampled one of Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the atomic bomb physicist, an electronic ride of over 8 minutes. Also "inhuman perfection" sung by Claudia Pandolfi and the track (in my opinion the most beautiful of the album) "Dusk" with Sally Doherty's voice, calm and peaceful, then exploding with powerful rocking riffs and drums.
It's important to note that Dan Black is no longer present as the main vocalist (he sings only 3 tracks), but he is replaced by the beautiful voice of John Graham.
A beautiful album from these very Italian Planet Funk. All that's left is to listen to the new "static" with great attention, which, as mentioned, is a whole other story.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Everyday (04:19)
Just when I'm thinkin it was always you
The sun has gone and let the rain come through
The things I'm hearin I've already heard
But now I'm walkin in a different world
Just when I'm feelin like I'd made it through
And still had somethin that they never knew
The artificial is controllin me
And I dont' recognise a thing I see
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
Is this the dawning of a vacant age
I'm turnin over to a ripped up page
You look around with every step you take
'Cos someone's watchin every move you make
Is this the morning we've been waitin for
You think you're walkin through a shinin door
You wait for nothin and it never comes
At least you know you're not the only one
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
Everything I needed
Every Day I know
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
I'll be chasin you home
05 Come Alive (04:16)
Yeah
Come on inside the sound
I'm steppin outside myself
Croaking on the underground
But ever high
There you go passin me by
Like someone dropped you from the clouds
Spinnin round and round
Was it gonna fly?
You'll never know, never know, never know
'Come alive' she said don't go
Don't leave before you know
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
'Come alive' she said don't go
It could be such a beautiful world
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
When you could've got it right
When you could've got it right
Yeah
Steppin outside the sound
I'm fallin inside myself
Chokin on the underground
Forever high
Always within reach
But runnin too fast to care
Fakin it just for now
Was it gonna fly?
You'll never know, never know, never know
'Come alive' she said don't go
Don't leave before you know
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
'Come alive' she said don't go
It could be such a beautiful world
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
When you could've got it right
x2
It's just the same the same the same the same
12 Dusk (05:07)
Warm of the day fades from my skin
I feel the air clasping me tight
A moon of fire singes my skin
With rust red rim burns the eye
The cold of day filling my lungs
In this airless time numbing me blind
A moon of ice cuts into me
With fire light a flaming night
A murmuring blue soft to the touch
Suffocating me like tattered wings
Gossamer damp rests on my flesh
Like moist hands saying still be still
I'm empty inside
The dusk unwinds
Ice fills my lungs
I feel unknown unknown
A shimmering blue
It's rough to the touch
And it smothers me with tattered wings
And now I'm empty inside
The dusk will unwind
Ice fills my lungs
I feel unknown
And now I'm empty inside
The dusk will unwind
Ice fills my lungs
I feel unknown unknown
I'm invisible I'm inaudible I'm replaceable I'm unknown I'm unknown
And I'm empty inside
The dusk unwinds
I feel I feel unknown
13 Out on the Dancefloor (06:35)
Out on the dancefloor I disappear
Out on the dancefloor I am not here
Out on the dancefloor I disappear
Out on the dancefloor I am not here
I don't think, I disappear
I don't think, no stupid fears
I don't think, about my hair
I don't think, about the clothes I wear
Just drunk on the dancefloor
I push into the crowd the sound and now I'm alone
Cause I don't think about my death
I don't think I may connect
I don't think I need more money
About my body, about lovers n killers as I make it real love
Just drunk on the dancefloor
I push into the crowd the sound and now I'm alone
Like a flock of gulls
Like a raging sea
Like a tree on fire
I am free yeah an empty page
Has drawn a screamin rage
My key, 5 seconds I am free
Just drunk on the dancefloor
I push into the crowd the sound and now I'm alone
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By Giordyboy
It seems like the result of decades of technical and musical experience, it doesn’t seem like the sound of an Italian band that emerged only four years ago.
In short, in the end, an honest and well-made CD, faithful to the style it follows and perfectly realized.
