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Rating: Sometimes I find myself thinking a lot about what will become of me in the coming years.
The truth is, I don't see my future as that bright. In fact, to be honest, I don't even catch a glimpse of it. This is because, through countless vicissitudes, whether for one reason or another, the last few years have been spent searching for the best specialists who could understand something. To understand what was happening to me. To understand if I was destined to live longer than I could imagine. To understand what the hell was making me suffer so much.
In the end, they don't give a shit about us. They only care about sniffing the fresh scent of the nectar of money. Doctors for money.
Saving lives my ass. They screw and don't give a damn.
This question churns me up a lot: "In 5 years, will I still be here?" Here, listening to music, here trying to work, possibly not enslaved for 11 hours a day and unpaid. Possibly with a bit of achievement that a guy my age, a guy who busted his ass to graduate, who then spent almost all of his family's wealth by giving it to doctors and specialists, could find himself here among people, alive. Doing the things that people do.
The answer is one. That is, if things continue to follow the path they like to take at this moment, probably, I won't even last those 5 years. And maybe it would be good for me, but especially for others.
No one would see me suffer. My boss would stop breaking my balls by saying that he can't rely on me because I'm absent too often (because I like being absent due to illness. If only she would pay me, the bitch..., sorry, I meant, the whore, I got distracted). Stop making those who care about me suffer and stop wasting money unnecessarily.
Here, if I had to go to the Creator, I would like this album as the soundtrack in my room, where I could finally rest in peace for the first time in my life, there would be this record.
I fell in love with "Alison", the opener of Souvlaki, thus almost accidentally discovering the shoegazers "Slowdive". Not only that. By doing so, I fell in love with their entire (albeit brief) discography.
Preceded by the beautiful album “Just For A Day” which includes the quintessential gem of the genre itself “Slowdive”, “Souvlaki” is its predecessor, destined to make people speak well and, at the same time, poorly of the band.
The fact is that I absolutely don't give a damn.
Because from "Alison" itself, a song that drags me into a whirlwind of endless emotions, I can rediscover the band's desire to try to break away from shoegaze tout-court to attempt to give a slightly more rocker and significantly more pop imprint to their songs.
Songs that, frankly, will remain sealed in my heart and soul. "40 Days", "Sing", the dark and icy ballad "Here She Comes" ("It's so lonely in this place, so cold I don't believe”) the wonderful "When The Sun Hits" which flows into a typically noise refrain that sends you into ecstasy. And Rachel's voice is so heavenly (listen to believe "Machine Gun") that, many times, it intertwines well with Neil's darker one (in the opener "Alison" with a very rocker retro taste, also due to the slightly more distorted use of the guitar sound).
A journey beyond the mind, a journey beyond life itself.
If I had to travel beyond my life, I would want this album as the soundtrack. I would want to savor the wonderful melodies of all the tracks, until reaching the acoustic "Dagger" where the album closes.
Then to start everything all over again.
I desire nothing else. Consider it my testament.
I just hope that afterward they let me listen to all the music I want, with a special place for "Alison".
If only everything were so damn possible, I would do it today……
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Alison (03:52)
listen close and dont be stoned
i'll be here in the morning
cause i'm just floating
while your cigarette still burns
your messed up world will thrill me
alison i'm lost
alison i said we're sinking
there's nothing here but thats okay
outside your room your sisters spinning (Hey Thats The EP!)
but she laughs and tells me shes just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere
and the sailors they strike poses
the covered walls answer slowly
with your talking and your pills
your messed up life still thrills me
alison i'm lost
alison i'll drink your wine
i'll wear your clothes when we're both high
alison i said were sinking
but she laughs and tells me its just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere
02 Machine Gun (04:28)
see you walking and i know shes my friend, again
just the weight of the water drags me down, again
guess i'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
it's just the way that the water makes me feel again
son of sheba i saw him drown
son of yellow i saw him drown
it's all i need yeah
(repeat again)
04 Sing (04:51)
(sing where the other boys can't watch you dance)
hear you call my name, see you in my mind
watch you fall away, i know
whats in your mind, calling from behind
see you fall away, i know he's here to stay
who are you, where are you, in time
love is here to stay, you call away, i wait
i know that youre listening, to everything i say
but i know that you want to see
for me im not the way
watching what you do,
and i know that its not the way to.
05 Here She Comes (02:21)
It's so lonely in this place,
so cold I don't believe
and theres no one knows my name
It's easy to pretend
It's easy to believe
There's a shadow on my wall
It dances like my soul, dances like my soul
It's so cold now, i swear it will be warm
Here she come now.
06 Souvlaki Space Station (05:59)
(You didn't know there were words did you??)
closed doors brings open minds
(and i don't want to see you)
see you smile, inside
(and i don't want to know you)
faces, and i've fallen
(and i don't want to hear you)
wonder why i'm here now
in asylum, don't you see?
in asylum don't you see
doors close and feelings flow
(and i don't want to know you)
through my mind i feel his...
(and i don't want to hear you)
pictures and i've fallen
(and i don't wanna know you)
wonder why im here now
(i promise to be near you)
curse your soul, i don't wanna know you
and i, curse your soul i don't wanna know you...
07 When the Sun Hits (04:47)
Sweet thing, I watch you
Burn so fast it scares me
Mind games don't leave/lose me
I've come so far don't lose me
It matters where you are
As the sun hits, she'll be waiting
With her cool things and her heaven
Hey hey lover you still burn me
You're a song yeah, hey hey
-repeat-
08 Altogether (03:42)
..eh hem...
yah yah yah
Sleepy head where did you go?
i saw turning but i couldnt catch your eye..
its alright..we're all together..
yah yah yah
and this is just a dream
it broke my heart but then i guess we didnt know (?)
its alright..we're all together..
yah yah yah
sometimes...its alright.. sometimes...its alright, yah...
yah yah yah
sleepy head where did you go (?)
i saw you talking but i didnt hear a word
its alright, we're all together.
yah yah yah...
09 Melon Yellow (03:54)
Sitting down i watch you fall away
Sun in part i watched you for the day
You know I don't believe in death
For the sun i watched you for the sun
Sitting here i watched you dance
Looking for the sun i watched you dance
So long, so long
It's just a way to [...love...] you
So long, so long
It's just a way to [...love...] you
I saw you looking at the sun
I saw you looking at the sun
-repeat-
10 Dagger (03:38)
The sunshine girl is sleeping
She falls and dreams alone
And me I am her dagger
To numb to feel her pain
The world is full of noise yeah
I hear it all the time
And me I am your dagger
You know I am your world
(you know i am your wound)
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
She whispers while I'm sleeping
I love you when you smile
I didn't really lose you
I just lost it for a while
The world is full of noise yeah
I hear it all the time
You know I am your dagger
You know I am your wound
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
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By JULIANHAMPSHIRE
Souvlaki, in my opinion an absolute masterpiece, a cut above the first and the subsequent Pygmalion.
Rachel’s angelic voice takes us to a special world, the world of dreams.
