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Ho amato alla follia "Televise", il precedente lavoro dei Calla, newyorkesi purosangue, di Brooklyn.
Forse è questa loro dimensione metropolitana, o più probabilmente il distacco voluto ed ostentato da essa, a colorare i passaggi del trio. Passaggi caldi, accoglienti, nonostante la spigolosità; giunti al quarto album in studio si può parlare di un suono Calla, riconoscibilissimo, caratterizzato. Le chitarre trascinate, urlanti, la voce sommessa di Aurelio Valle, la batteria incalzante, spesso marziale, ed un basso pulsante che fa da fondamento ad un sound oramai inconfondibile.
Punti di forza del precedente lavoro che si ritrovano puntualmente e con rinnovata energia in questo nuovo disco che sviluppa il discorso, se vogliamo lo approfondisce, aggiungendo un'altra manciata di brani francamente eccezionali.
Certo, si potrebbe obbiettare che non c'è niente di nuovo, ma chi lo voleva? Il songwriting di Valle ha raggiunto una maturità ed una consapevolezza sorprendenti, la coesione si respira in ogni nota e le atmosfere sempre più calde e coinvolgenti.
Un disco da pioggia forse, come "Televise", oscuro, ma non solo. Le melodie sono accattivanti, sottili, ti trascinano nelle pieghe, negli spazi vuoti da riempire, non ti permettono nessuna distrazione. Dall'attacco di "It Dawned On Me" all'incalzare del basso ipnotico di "Pulverized" pura poesia tardo industriale, squarciato dalle note di un piano di una dolcezza commovente. A volte sembra di trovarsi nell'atmosfera fumosa della Bristol anni '90, gomito a gomito con Beth Gibbons.
Il disco non accusa praticamente nessun passaggio a vuoto, vivendo su una tensione drammatica costantemente tesa e alternando una scaletta ben congeniata. Se proprio vogliamo trovare l'ago nel pagliaio direi che il trio "Stumble", "Imbusteros" e "Testify" poteva esaurirsi in un'unica composizione; ma aldilà di questo rimane nelle orecchie la compattezza, la rinnovata uniformità del lavoro che pone i Calla su un piano decisamente superiore rispetto al 90% delle cose che New York ci propone e propina annualmente.
Superconsigliato alle anime dark, ma non troppo; ai poeti post-industriali mancati;alle signorine e ai singnorotti, o anche solo a chi non ha voglia di guardare il mondo in silenzio e perdersi nell'incalzare di "Overshadowed".
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01 It Dawned on Me (03:13)
As far as I know
Let it go
'cause it's never quite what it seems
You should know but you don't
'cause you dropped yourself to your knees
It dawned on me
See what I need to say please
And there's no one else there but me
You should know but you don't
As it slaps you upside the face
Now I see
I believe by the bruise that adorns your cheek
It dawned on me
02 Initiate (03:30)
It's too late to try and take it back now
String me up and hang me upside down
How long before my head hits the ground?
This ain't easy for me
It's further from the truth, it may seem
I lied because I want you to believe me
I know I've got it coming, wait and see
Tell me, that's not how it's supposed to be
It's the last time I'll be on my knees
That's not how it's supposed to be
So sad, yeah, I ain't got much to show
How long before they start throwing stones?
Watch me as I'm pelted to the bone
And make a song for me
03 This Better Go as Planned (03:58)
Did you mean it?
Did you mean that, maybe
Are you swearing that if all this goes as planned
You'll believe them
Do you swear it?
Do you swear that, maybe
Do you swear on your safety?
Do you promise that if all this goes as planned
You'll believe them
And so you simply swore the days have been reborn
And all that came before, you don't need it
For better or for worse, your word is like a curse
I'm burning in denial, so just leave it
So just leave it x2
Did you mean it? x2
Will you promise that if all this goes as planned
You'll believe them
And so you simply swore the days that came before are better than reborn
Don't believe it
You're burning in denial
No way to reconcile
This better go as planned and I mean it!
So just leave it x2
You don't need it x2
04 Play Dead (03:33)
Send your love as an inside joke x2
Say and send it
Playing dead just to keep my head x2
Don't get up, I can find my way x2
My own way out
All I know is you're moving too slow x3
It's all I know
All I know is you're moving too slow x3
It's all I know
I thought it, I said it
I thought you set me up
I thought it, I said it
I know you set me up
05 Pulverized (04:58)
gave you several reasons
You drowned in sympathy
I gave you room to breathe in
You held your trust in me
Just forget it, I'll regret it
Quote me on the first, 'cause the worst is to come
Don't believe it, you don't need it
Forget every word that I said that you heard
You gave me all the reason
To not pretend to need
I don't deserve this freedom
You handed off to me
Just forget it, I'll regret it
Quote me on the first, 'cause the worst is to come
Just admit it, you know you did it
Forget every word that I said that you heard
Just forget it, I'll regret it
Quote me on the first, 'cause the worst is to come
Just admit it, I know you did it
Forget every word that I said that you heard
Try and tell him something
That you don't believe you're gonna regret
06 So Far, So What (04:21)
"So what", she said
"It's a wonder why you're not dead"
So far, so what
I rejoice
In my dreams I can hear her voice
I'm awake instead
And the voices that I hear drew it in my head
It's all coming to a head
Tell me you win
It's safe for now, I'm in your hands
Tell me you win
It's all coming to a head
Tell me you win
It's safe for now, I'm in your hands
So far, so what?
"Shut up", she said
"You'll say something you might regret"
After all, we're the same
And there's nothing sweeter than when you're to blame
Just the same
So far, so what?
So what?
So what?
So far, for what?
So what?
So what?
So far, for what?
So what?
10 Swagger (03:38)
effective incentives
how dare you stand corrected
no motives, intentions
a single though to call your own
deceptive, defensive
don't look at me rejected
conclusions, delusions
look at you standing all alone
all alone, all alone, all alone
a passive aggressive
you didn't get the message
a second opinion
a word that turned into a crime
a massive offensive
you seem to me obsessive
your version diversion
so tell me something I dont know
all alone, all alone, all alone
effective incentives
how dare you stand corrected
a motive, intentions
beyond all reconginition
deceptive, defensive
dont look at me rejected
a passive aggressive, you didn't get the message
a massive offensive you seem to me obsessive
conclusions, delusions
look at you standing all alone
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