• Voto:
Un tuffo nel passato.
Considerando che il quintetto londinese in questione debutta direttamente per la Emi, che lo fa con la supervisione di Trevor Horn (quello di "Video Killed The Radio Star” e che tra gli altri ha prodotto anche Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Pet Shop Boy, Tina Turner, McCartney, Mike Oldfield, B&S, Tom Jones) e che dal presente album sono (e saranno) estratti ben tre singoli, viene naturale supporre di trovarci innanzi ad un lavoro quanto meno onesto e decisamente commerciale.
Ed infatti 'This Is Hazelville' non richiede un'attenzione particolare e non siamo al cospetto di melodie epiche o cadenze maestose, è semplicemente un buon album pop, sfacciatamente pop. Tanto sfacciato da crearsi comunque una sua atmosfera di serenità, divertimento, e perchè no, anche classe.
Le 11 tracce, ben arrangiate, sono facilmente accessibili ed hanno una presa immediata, mentre la voce femminile di Clare Szembek e quella maschile di Rick Flynn, si cercano tra accattivanti cori e falsetti, mostrando la vera personalità del gruppo e mantenendo, cosa di non poco conto, un elevato livello di interesse per tutta la sua durata, anche se è da preferirsi la seconda metà del disco, con il ritmo di ”This Heart Keeps Beating For Me” ed il crescendo di ”Accidie”.
Certamente questi ragazzi, che hanno una bella immagine e sono ruffiani al punto giusto, potranno anche essere leggerini e di moda (e se sarà così avranno vita breve), potranno anche ricordarci altre band (incredibilmente anche The Alan Parsons Project), però sono bravi e comunque si lasciano anche ascoltare con piacere. Almeno per ora. Voto: 3,5.
Saluti, Addison.
Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Hazelville (05:04)
Surely someone will see,
All these lies in between,
Surely someone will know,
All these lines as they grow.
Palest white fingertips,
Into some deeper whole I dipped,
As the black fades to white,
Slows the sun's heavy, gentle flight.
You couldn't let your broken voice speak,
You couldn't let it into your life,
You couldn't let your broken voice speak,
forget it ever entered your life.
You never let your broken voice speak,
Forget it ever entered your life.
02 Glorious (04:30)
I don't want it,
I don't want tonight to stop
No more waiting,
no more wishing from the top
Do you hear it,
do you hear the only sound
No more dying,
no more wishing from the ground
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
it's a glo-orious town
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
it's a glo-orious town
They don't like it,
they don't like the way you look
Do you care about it
and do you hear the words come out
Cause I don't want it,
no I don't want tonight to stop
No more waiting,
no more wishing from the top
And I can feel it in the air
it's better with you around
...
And I can feel it in the air
it's better with you around
03 Broke (03:37)
A spirit for a smile,
A doubt for a dream,
You're saving my falling,
You're shooting my star.
A spirit for a smile,
A doubt for a dream,
You're saving my falling,
You're shooting my star.
And I don't care,
Whenever you stall I'll stand there,
Oh and I don't care,
Whenever you stall I'll stand there.
You're the beat of my heart,
The door to my home,
If I lose my voice,
Then I'm left alone,
You're the way that I see,
You're the best champagne,
As you cure my lows,
And joy steals my pain.
And I don't care,
Whenever you stall I'll stand there,
Oh and I don't care,
Whenever you stall I'll stand there.
Built this island out of frustration,
There's no point teaching a girl who can never learn,
Just when I feel like Robinson Crusoe,
My attention's drawn to light,
A beacon out in the sea,
I caught your eye you were staring back at me,
Great minds coming to the same idea,
Cos when it keeps on whispering in your ear,
Keeps on whispering in your ear,
Keeps on whispering in your ear,
You wait for something and it never appears oh no.
And I don't care,
Whenever you stall I'll stand there,
Oh and I don't care,
Whenever you stall I'll stand there,
Whenever you stall I'll stand there.
So why don't I just take your strain until it's untied,
We're staring at the ocean not afraid to bring it to life,
We're not afraid to bring it to life.
You're the beat of my heart.
04 East. West. North. South (03:50)
Foreign lands, I set out two years to this day.
Called you up just to hear your voice and relay.
I never saw that your face showed all of the signs,
How could I know in a voice through electric lines?
I won't stray out,
East, west, north or south
Take my word now,
Cower, leap out.
Sit back at home, as a smile on a guilty face.
Receiver's down, drawn the blinds, it's a darkened place.
Across the globe while I'm feeling so reassured,
Your open arms welcome what you've always ignored.
I won't stray out,
East, west, north or south
Take my word now,
Cower, leap out.
I won't stray out,
East, west, north or south
Take my word now,
Cower, leap out.
Going to take these two steps forward,
Then a step behind.
Going to wish you'd never noticed,
I can't leave this behind.
Going to take these two steps forward,
Then a step behind.
Going to wish you'd never noticed,
I can't leave this behind.
They'll always find out.
Of that there is no doubt.
05 Frontline (03:59)
Frontline,
I want you.
Frontline,
I want you.
Frontline, I'll wake you in mornings, I've tried.
Hold out forever, 'cause you go all night.
(Frontline, I want you)
And I know that I want you,
And I know that I'm sure.
(Frontline, I want you)
Every way theres a whisper,
Every time there's a cure.
Frontline, together, I'll mould you in hands.
Tell me no secrets, and I'll be always yours.
(Frontline, I want you)
And I know that I want you,
And I know that I'm sure.
(Frontline, I want you)
Every way theres a whisper,
Every time there's a cure.
(Frontline, I want you)
'Cause your conscience is frozen,
And your values missed.
(Frontline, I want you)
Every time it's a free wave,
And every wave is so pure.
All these other ones in your way,
They'e all trying to get the same.
All these other ones in your way,
They'e all trying to get the same.
The same,
To get the, get the, same. The same.
(Frontline, I want you)
And I know that I want you
(Frontline, I want you)
And I know that I'm sure,
(Frontline, I want you)
Every time it's a free wave.
(Frontline, I want you)
Every time is a cure.
(Frontline, I want you)
(Frontline, I want you)
Cure.
07 Wax (04:10)
Shamed lovers as we recover,
Too late for a place in your heart.
Old winters hold the sins in you, opens the door from the start
'Cause we're brothers with one another,
Never be alone or apart,
Old winters hold the sins in you, opens a door from the start
I'm not leaving, no no, I'm not leaving.
Waiting for the dawn to rise and then at least we all can depart,
Strange feeling, we're past believing, a look we've got down to an art.
As hopes shatter, it won't matter, and new ones in every design,
Losing our balance, we're feeling the silence, your doubts always mirroring mine
And as the pain falls out of your heart
It feels like the greatest thing that you've got,
And maybe it's halfway back to home,
But is it a remedy too slow to get you?
To get you home?
To get you - to get you home?
Shamed lovers as we recover,
Too late for a place in your heart.
Old winters hold the sins in you, opens the door from the start
'Cause we're brothers with one another,
Never be alone or apart,
Old winters hold the sins in you, opens a door from the start
And as the pain falls out of your heart
It feels like the greatest thing that you've got,
And maybe it's halfway back to home,
But is it a remedy too slow to get you?
To get you home?
To get you - to get you home?
To get you home.
To get you home.
To get you home.
To get you
To get you home.
11 Accidie (05:17)
Dark clouds eclipsing light
And you in the atmosphere
To hang like a stalagtite
'Til the chance appears
To move one direction
I tried trading places with you
Arched your back at me
Clearest traces
The clearest traces
And so I watched her follow you
A magnetism
As I stood transfixed
Believing your side of the argument
I'm leaving you to your devices
And I'll help if you need me
But I'm turning round
And you sieze a moment
Trying to get a rise out of me
I see it is critical
And I know it's a pity
And I tried
To forget or to subdue
Accidie
When you give me something to rely on
When you give me something to rely on
Dark clouds eclipsing light
You in the atmosphere
Hang like a stalagtite
'Til the chance appears
To move one direction
I tried trading places with you
Arched your back at me
Clear as traces surely -
You sieze a moment
Trying to get a rise out of me
I see it is critical
And I know it's a pity
And I tried
To forget or to subdue
Accidie
When you give me something to rely on
When you give me something to rely on
So give me something to rely on
Give me something to rely on
Give me something to rely on
Give me something to rely on
Give me something to rely on
Give me something to rely on
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