TUNDRA - OHDIO

Third outing for the Pisan band, already winners of Arezzo Wave Toscana, active since 2019, with a self-titled debut EP and their first album "Nuvole rosa, ragni e guai" behind them. "OHDIO" was recorded with Giulo Ragno Favero and contains eleven tracks strongly inspired by the more guitar-driven side of the Italian independent scene of the Nineties. If you're one for quick labels, call it alt-rock: a record brimming with energy and emotional intensity, chronicling the struggles of everyday life, a routine that grinds you down, leaving you numb and impervious to any stimulus or emotion. Frustration, anger, the urge to escape - subjects grafted onto a heavy sound that has no intention of offering any kind of consolation. A restless work with a strong rhythmic impact, in which the guitars are constantly front and center.

Particularly effective in a live setting, with singer Daniele Piai coming across visually as a sort of cross between Chris Cornell and Aimone Romizi, la Tundra (yes, they like to be referred to with the singular feminine article) unleash their full sonic power for over half an hour, with an interesting closing track ("Milioni") in which the sound softens and mellows, without ever entirely letting go of the tension.

Compared to the previous record, matters of the heart are gone: no exes, no idealized relationships - what remains at the center of the discussion is pain, daily monotony, the yearning to escape, themes that make "OHDIO" an act of rupture, an irreversible rebellion against dogmas and chains. An inevitably derivative work, but one that confirms the return of so many young musicians to playing in basements, tinkering with amplifiers, searching for their own way of communicating, drawing on the lessons of the golden decade of Italian alternative rock.

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18/04/2026