Full marks for nerve. Carlomargot, from Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy, Europe, are a trio built on guitar, bass and drums: the perfect power trio on paper. But at its core lies an electronic magma that makes all the difference. Unsettling atmospheres, sometimes leaden, a post-rock that is hyper-deconstructed and rebuilt according to its own aesthetic, with no vocals at all, just rain falling endlessly from grey skies.
It opens with a thunderstorm, only to find yourself in the arms of an improbable funeral march, where a piano slowly takes over all the noises in the surrounding environment, which soon return to reclaim the scene.
Everything is swallowed by noise pulses, feedback, cacophonous experiments, goth touches, apocalyptic scenery. Every so often a guitar arpeggio tries to restore a scrap of lost humanity, across ten tracks that build a strongly expressionist record, almost a Max Ernst painting. In the end the storm returns, and there is not even a crack for a furtive ray of sunlight.
The perfect companion to "Piove governo ladro" is said to be the live set, with visually striking performances.
A round of applause for the courage of three musicians who are not afraid to challenge the system.
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15/03/2010
This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Claudio Lancia, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.
Tracklist
- 1. Piove Governo Ladro
- 2. Marcia funebre
- 3. Folla di pioggia
- 4. Ammazzarne uno per educarne cento
- 5. Il fratello di Giuda
- 6. Correre & applaudire
- 7. Ammazzarne uno per educa
- 8. So, so, so...
- 9. Back To School 2
- 10. Piove governo ladro
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