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Rating: Subsonica
06/06/08
Formia (Lt), Molo Vespucci
It's June 6th, but the bad weather makes us forget we are on the brink of summer. Despite several friends bailing out, we're down to four and head towards Formia from Latina, defying fate. During the journey, we are flanked by black skies and storms on both our right and left, miraculously sparing the road we're on.
Upon arriving in Formia, there's no festive air one might expect for a free and outdoor concert, especially for a band that gets people dancing.
The attendance is slow and silent.... Surprisingly, Subsonica doesn't keep us waiting and starts even as people are still entering. Unfortunately, I miss the first song, hearing it only from afar.
Entering the pier area, which is large enough to hold 15,000-20,000 people, there are about 2,000 in front of the stage, and as time goes by, the number increases but only by a few hundred.
With the wind and threat of rain, the band tries to warm up the atmosphere by starting with some classics from the past: after a taste of the latest album with "La Glaciazione", they dive into many songs from "Microchip Emozionale", "Amorematico", and only "Istantanee" from the first album.
The people in the center dance and mosh, while those on the "periphery" remain static, observing with the typical provincial attitude of someone monitoring the stranger from Turin.
I choose the center.
The sound, as always, is good, and the choreography is very interesting with a led cage that rises and falls, hypnotizing you with an impressive sequence of lights.
The Subs play well, except for Max Casacci, who hits a few wrong notes, especially in "Il Cielo Su Torino".
After a first break, they come back and dedicate this part of the setlist to their latest album, and for a few minutes, it feels like being at an open-air disco.
There are also dedication moments: "Coriandoli a Natale" to their missing friend, another song dedicated to a local entrepreneurs' meeting that created several problems for the band in the afternoon, and especially "Piombo" to Roberto Saviano, a dedication that has a certain impact in an area bordering (loosely) with the Camorra.
Samuel thanks those who came despite the bad weather and announces an after-show in Sperlonga. We thank that good god (if he exists...) who decided not to let rain fall on us while there was lightning all around.
The concert comes to an end after two hours of honest work, wrapping up with the very strange "Stagno" which also closes the album "L'eclissi".
In conclusion, it was worth it, even if it wasn't the best concert I've seen, due to the bad weather and the little publicity the event received. It was a nice concert, but in two hours it never quite took off completely.
Andrea B.
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