Stereo Age
Strong Enough

LA RECENSIONE

Alex Fusini and his Fusix Studio seem to be synonymous with quality in the pop-punk realm, with many successful productions having passed through his hands over the years. This is a reason that increasingly drives new faces to rely on him, always achieving excellent results in terms of sound quality, albeit with mixed results regarding what the bands put together.

The case of the Turin-based Stereo Age is certainly one of these, namely a group active for about two years and the author of a pop-punk strongly influenced (perhaps too much, actually) by what the 90s gave to this type of music. The fundamental issue is always the same: if these projects had been put together years ago, today we would be talking about established stars, but if they are born in 2010, well, it's really hard to remain enthusiastic while listening.

Their “Strong Enough” starts with a basic flaw: with only three tracks, it is practically impossible to define a proposal or derive a basic idea of what it will be. Add to this frantic rhythms and the more happy-punk side of Green Day (“Dookie”) and New Found Glory, with a nod to what is fashionable today, namely the party-core of A Day To Remember, and here you are faced with yet another band made with a cookie-cutter approach. The proposal put together is still in line with what is heard nowadays in pop-punk, highly enjoyable tracks made with the classic riff/chorus/riff structure, something that might attract teenagers looking for “strong” emotions. I repeat: it is still too early to draw conclusions, maybe with the debut album Stereo Age will surprise us with stunning special effects, at the moment the idea is that of encountering a commercially useless and personality-lacking product.