Vadoinmessico
Archaeology Of The Future

Vadoinmessico is the name chosen by this cheerful polyglot group consisting of 5 boys from various countries around the globe (including Italy) but based - not by chance - in cosmopolitan London.

After a self-titled EP in 2009 and a tour supporting the Crystal Fighters, they made their long-distance debut in 2012 with Archaeology Of The Future. The album presents itself as a heterogeneous and compact mix of fresh Mediterranean sounds, world music influences, leading to psychedelic folk and sounds that brush against electronics without being intrusive. The title track immediately transports us into the mood of the album with fast guitar arpeggios accompanying high-quality lyrics. With "Pepita, Queen Of The Animals," the rhythms become almost tribal and very close, in terms of percussion, to Vampire Weekend, but the reference to the New York group is limited exclusively to this track. The compositional level remains very high with "Teeo" and "In Spain," the two best tracks of this work in the opinion of the writer. The first is a song dominated by the dualism of guitar-banjo accompanied by a solid drum.

The second is a splendid ballad made even more engaging, once again, by the percussion. A slight melancholy emerges with "The Adventure Of A Diver," with dreamlike voices and electronic sounds making the piece less sparse, inspired by Italo Calvino's collection "Gli Amori Difficili." "Me, Desert" is an interesting instrumental interlude complete with a citation to Carmelo Bene. There's also room for more electric episodes ("Notional Towns") and even a lopsided blues. The original musical kaleidoscope of Vadoinmessico ends in a decidedly fitting manner with "Solau," an instrumental tail centered on a flute melody that is at times progressive.