In seguito ad un'intervista al quartetto di Boston - del quale non sapevo assolutamente nulla - trasmessa da un noto canale musicale televisivo, faccio qualche ricerca su Internet e mi imbatto, nei siti dei non pochi fans, in una pletora di commenti negativi su questo disco.
I Cave In hanno già all'attivo parecchi dischi, che si distinguono per lo stile particolarmente ruvido. Antenna ha sostanzialmente deluso i fans per l'avvenuta commercializzazione del loro sound.
Il tutto mi ha incuriosito e, alla fine, mi sono procurato questo Antenna.
È innegabile che il cd sia molto digeribile e i riff di chitarra siano dei veri hooks, che una volta piantati nella testa dell'ascoltatore sono inamovibili.
All'inizio il rock dei Cave In è omogeneo e coinvolgente, si lascia ascoltare, insomma. Il cantato di Stephen Brodsky può anche suonare un po' commerciale, ma la sua voce è gradevolissima e anche la batteria si distingue per numerose ed interessanti variazioni, il loro suono è potente, il compact è nel complesso godibile.
Tuttavia... sí, c'è un tuttavia. Capisco l'accanimento dei fans: sostanzialmente i Cave In di oggi suonano commerciale; avendo alle spalle un passato piú "underground", estraneo cioè alle logiche del mercato, Antenna, disco piú "digeribile", è stato vissuto dai fans come un tradimento. Ma il problema non è solo questo.
Il cd è carino, si lascia ascoltare all'inizio, poi però, dopo una settimana, ci si annoia e lo si toglie dal lettore. E non ve lo si rimette piú.
Mi sono forzato a riascoltarlo, ma è sufficiente risentire solo Anchor e Inspire, gli unici due pezzi "funzionanti". Il resto è piuttosto noioso, il disco scorre via e non lascia niente che lo faccia ricordare.
Meccanico, freddo, deludente, convenzionale, per nulla innovativo e nemmeno fantasioso: soldi buttati al vento ingordo dell'industria discografica (di industria soltanto si tratta, in questo caso). Da evitare con cura.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Stained Silver (04:08)
Pop culture with a pin
Watch it wheeze in the air like a dying balloon
A mistake dawned on me
And the rest of my tribe.
"Your wish is our command"
No really. It's OK
Give yourself a group hug and a pat on the back
No really. It's all right
Pose your best for a shot from the firing squad
Choosing my defense
I'll stay on the fence
Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven
Raiding tomorrow's prayers
With a stained silver bullet
Oh how it kills me waiting to follow through
On a dare
Pop culture with a pill
Watch it make all the worms in your mind disappear
Maybe so, maybe not
Never sure if it's me underneath a white sheet
Halloween, Halloween
With a mask I can be your new friend for a while
Trick or treat, trick or treat
There's a razorblade inside your candybar
Pop culture on your skin
You cannot keep your fingers away from your face
Memories are haunting me
Like fish foating dead at the top of a tank
02 Inspire (04:20)
A vase of wilted flowers
For those of you who've lost their powers
No use in treading water
Where there's no air to breathe in
Help me find a way to move on
Standing in the way of the sun
Help me find you (you you), help you find me
Now who inspires you?
Her moods are so abrasive
The sound is too persuasive
Curve of the earth has gone straight
Shall we go on one last date?
Help me find a way to move on
Standing in the way of the sun
Help me find you (you you), help you find me
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
I'm sorry to inform you
Sometimes love can deform you
No time for hesitating
Her rifle is cocked and waiting, cocked and waiting
Aimed at me
Help me find a way to move on
Standing in the way of the sun
Help me find you (you you), help you find me
Now who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
03 Joy Opposites (04:47)
He loves to hate; she hates to love
And all of the above
His dirty mind; she just stays clean and sober
True romance in joy opposites always is the case
When you only enjoy taking on all the colours that surround you
She's on the fence; he's on the ground
Laid out face down
She takes so long; he's hanging on forever
True romance in joy opposites always is the case
When you only enjoy taking on all the colours that surround you
Any sign of life you might want to share with me tonight?
Any sign of life you might want to share with me tonight?
He's always lost; she knows the way
Softly he'll say "Can you bring me at your pace?"
Bring me at your pace
True romance in joy opposites always is the case
When you only enjoy taking on all the colours that surround you
True romance, true romance, true romance after all
True romance, true romance, true romance after all
True love in joy opposites always is the case
04 Anchor (03:15)
Whatever makes you tired the resting always fails
'Cos anywhere you lay yourself's a bed of nails
Whatever you exhale I breathe it in the end
You offer me a seat in your electric chair
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
Every day you ask yourself, "Why was I born?"
'Cos every migrane feels like wearing a crown of thorns
And all the time I find you crawling on all fours
'Cos any movement sends you falling through trap doors
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
No tongue in cheek
To late it's already days and weeks
Before we can make ends meet
Am I right and you're wrong?
Too late it already takes too long
Too much to be flushed with you
Oh
Too much to be flushed with you
Whatever makes you tired the resting always fails
'Cos anywhere you lay yourself's a bed of nails
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
You know better than I do
So pull me in
You know better than I do
So pull me in
06 Seafrost (08:59)
Dreaming lightly on your own
I wouldn't mind you being alone
Nothing here has been the same
Ever since this winter came
Seized the engine in my heart
And the cold could break my soul apart
Frozen on my knees I pray
Love will melt this all away
Dreaming lightly on my own
I wouldn't mind to be alone
I'm freezing (X4)
Freezing
Dreaming lightly on your own
I wouldn't mind you being alone
Thought I may have spoke too soon
Now confusion fogs the moon
Dying for a yes or no
Life is full of maybe so
Anything to break the ice
Love would more than just suffice
Dreaming lightly on my own
I wouldn't mind to be alone
I'm freezing (X7)
Freezing
Dreaming lightly on your own
Dreaming lightly on my own
Dreaming lightly on my own
Dreaming lightly on my own
Dreaming lightly on your own
My own, my own, my own, my own, my own yeah
On your own, On your own
I'm freezing
Freezing
Freezing
Love would more than just suffice
Dreaming lightly on my own
I wouldn't mind to be alone
I'm freezing
I'm freezing
I'm freezing
I'm freezing
07 Rubber and Glue (03:43)
She's rubber and I am glue
She had a lot to say and stuck it to my brain
She is recovered and I am screwed
She had a lot to say and I'll take it to my grave
If I could make all of my words count
I'd ditch numbers altogether for sure
Voice reversed yelling a curse
Towards the way-back of my skull
Over and over and over again
She had a lot to say
Came by to water my flower bed
Oh what a big mistake, it rains here everyday
Damage-needle pinned to red
She had a lot to say and I'll take it to my grave
If I could make all of my words count
I'd ditch numbers altogether for sure
Voice reversed yelling a curse
Towards the way-back of my skull
Over and over and over again
This is more side effect than I expect
That boy is so glum
This is more side effect inside this wreck
That boy is so numb
If I could make all of my words count
I'd ditch numbers altogether for sure
Voice reversed yelling a curse
Towards the way-back of my skull
Over and over and over again
She had a lot to say, to say
She had a lot to say, to say
Say, she had a lot to say
08 Youth Overrided (05:17)
Voices keep me small and tongue-tied to the wall
Breast-fed by the moon, I've grown up too soon
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Old and decided
Youth overrided
I just need something
I don't want to fear every dying say
Don't you dare tell me-I cannot be made to believe
That the rings under my eyes
Are really blessings in disguise
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Old and decided
Youth overrided
I just need something
I don't want to fear every dying say
All these memories bailing out on me
Gone into the void
God must need them more anyway
All these memories bailing out on me
Gone into the void
God must need them more anyway
Old and decided
Youth overrided
I just need something
I don't want to fear every dying say
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
10 Lost in the Air (03:42)
Radar, you lost me
An impossible disguise
Men all around are searching hard
Nevermind, he's so long and gone
Boy, he's really hard to find!
And by design you know he won't be found
Otherwise he'll crash into the ground
Lifted away
What a day to be lost in the air!
They won't come across me
Hiding in the sky
Cause' nobody walks without their heads
pointed down at the ground in a daze
Well, it's amazing what you'd find
And by design you know I won't come down
Otherwise I'll crash into the ground
Lifted away
What a day to be lost in the air!
11 Penny Racer (03:10)
I finally learned to spit it out
An with that alone i've said too much
'Cause anything a secret
Is willing to be kept that way
Looking for the truths of mine?
They're found in every other line
Still looking for the truths of mine?
Many is a mood, oh my
Penny racer gone to Mars in flames
Ready as ever to survive
We'll survive
Everyone is an editor
Trying to get a read on me
The less complete a sentence is
The more i guess i tried to say
Looking for the truths of mine?
They're found in every other line
Sill looking for the truths of mine?
Many is a mood, oh my
Penny racer gone to Mars in flames
Ready as ever to survive
Everything is a problem
Is that why everybody answers all at once?
Everything is a problem in my mind
So why make it any harder on me?
They'll make you make it all right
Penny racer gone to Mars in flames
Ready as ever to survive
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