"Ok Ragazzi sedetevi...la lezione è iniziata".Questo è quello che dissero i Deftones e i Tool verso la fine degli anni 90 in un aula immensa e puzzolente piena di alunni desiderosi di imparare.Tra i primi banchi di quest'aula erano seduti tre baldi giovani originari di Chicago uniti,oltre che da uno strettissimo legame di sangue,dalla passione per cio che insegnavano i loro maestri.

Infatti alla fine dell anno i Chevelle risultarono promossi a pieni voti avendo appreso piu che bene gli insegnamenti dei loro maestri...oddio forse anche troppo bene;infatti la band durante la loro carriera non ha mai avuto un effettivo cambio di genere ne hanno dato vita ad una vera svolta musicale....la loro maturazione artistica rimane limitata al loro genere e al tipo di musica che suonano. Cio non deve essere necessariamente inteso come una nota di demerito dato che la band ha dimostrato sempre una rara capacità e maestria di suonare un genere (diciamo post-grunge con influenze nu/alternative metal) che nonostante l orecchiabilità puo risultare banale da un punto di vista oggettivo.Questo "Wonder What's next" è la seconda fatica in studio della band dopo un rispettabilissimo album d esordio (Point#1) dove la band sembra avere trovato la loro strada musicale....strada che non abbandoneranno mai nel corso della loro carriera(o meglio...amplieranno il loro percorso musicale con varie influenze ma senza mai dimenticare le loro radici).La formula dei Chevelle è basata sul creare situazioni quanto piu atmosferiche possibili sopratutto grazie alla voce e ai riff di chitarra del frontman pete loeffler e in questo album si assiste all interpretazione più pura ed "evocativa" di tale formula.Infatti il disco inizia in una maniera azzecatissima con "Family System" che trasporta l ascoltatore in un mondo a parte concedendo libero sfogo a tutte le sue emozioni..dalla rabbia alla tranquillità alla riflessione (in quest ultima anche il testo svolge il suo ruolo).

Tale sensazione continua con "Comfortable Liar" che è il pezzo piu vicino ai Breaking Benjamin (Ben Burnley ha scoperto e prodotto questa band) tra tutti i brani della band....pezzo stupendo.Il viaggio fiabesco si interrompe riportando l' ascoltatore nel mondo reale e lasciando spazio ai tre singoli estratti dall album:"Send The Pain Below","Closure" e "The Red".Al primo pezzo di questa triade viene affidata la parte melodica del disco la quale esplode in tutto il suo impatto sonoro in un ritornello dannatamente orecchiabile...a "Closure" tocca la parte romantica presentandosi come il candidato ufficiale per il ruolo di "capolavoro del disco"....ma è proprio quando credi di essere arrivato all apice scopri che cè di meglio...arriva quel pezzo che solo a sentirne l inizio ti vengono i brividi..arriva "The Red".Questo pezzo è pura rabbia,emozione,riflessione,sofferenza e depressione senza fronzoli o arrangiamenti troppo complessi...un pezzo che gia al primo ascolto arriva li dove deve arrivare nella sua apparente semplicità.Vorrei davvero soffermarmi di più su questa traccia ma certe emozioni non possono essere descritte a parole.La seconda parte del disco mettè per un attimo da parte l'impatto emotivo per concedere all ascoltatore 4 capocciate in maggiore libertà."Wonder What's Next" è un brano in pieno stile Deftones che non spicca per l'originalità ma ispira headbanging sin dal primo riff e scorre tranquillamente nel contesto in cui si trova...in "Don't Fake This" sono i cori a fare da padrone dando vita a un brano stupendo,compatto e orecchiabile...."Forfeit" invece va elogiata per i riff di chitarra e basso pur non spiccando tra i punti più alti del cd...mentre in "Grab Thy Hand" cio che viene messo maggiormente in risalto e la potente voce del signorino al microfono. Siamo quasi alla fine del viaggio ed eccoci davanti a una traccia alquanto ambigua ovvero "An Evening With El Diablo" dove sicuramente la band da la conferma finale delle prorpie capacità compositive sfornando un pezzo decisamente stupendo...la cosa che si nota di più è il riff di basso del fratellino minore,rimasto abbastanza anonimo fino a questo punto,che nonostante risulti essere molto semplice spacca tanto quanto basta per coinvolgerti a pieno nel pezzo.

Oramai siamo arrivati a destinazione e ovviamente non puo mancare un topos tipico di album del genere,ovvero la ballatona acustica deprimente strappalacrime e questa "One Lonely Visitor" evoca una malinconia e una nostalgia che secondo me andrebbe collocata in un ambiente un po anacronistico con una bottiglia di alcool su un tavolo,una pacco di sigarette mezzo vuoto e qualche leggerissima lacrima sugli occhi mentre si ripensa a tutto cio che ci puo passare per la testa chiudendo dignitosamente e meravigliosamente un album come pochi.

Riassumendo quanto è stato detto fin ora si tratta di un album riflessivo,evocativo,onirico e sognatore ma sopratutto soggettivo dato che le emozioni che possono suscitare in voi queste 11 tracce sono diverse a seconda della persona e di come vi sentite in un determinato momento....se cercate la "scoperta musicale" cercate altrove...se i vari Three Days Grace,Breaking Benjamin e Nickelback vi hanno annoiato per l'eccessiva banalita è cercate un lavoro rock più originale e ispirato avete trovato pane per i vostri denti...se semplicemente volete asocltare un album di ottima fattura allora vivamente vi consiglio di ascoltare quest'album.

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01   Family System (04:17)

I'm tired of your open mouth,
Crawling inside my skin,
Endless pain we never quit,
The fight within that pride's begun,
Saying it's too late,
What a man's got, he'll learn to hate.

Forget the time I said I would,
Replace that with I never will,
Beyond the facts held in your face,
Ignore the facts beyond your nose,
Saying it's too late,
What a man's got, he'll learn to hate.

Grow up!

Not without meaning,
No response, no revealing.

Just grow up!

Wrong!
Wrong!
Wrong!
Wrong!

02   Comfortable Liar (03:44)

Broad,
Is this sea;
The salt,
Enters the wound.

My take,
On you is simple.

So heal,
Your fear,
To heal,
Your fear.

Time,
Spent waking off shore;
The calm,
Before the storm.

My take,
From you is simple.

So heal,
Your fear,
To heal,
Your fear.

You're such a comfortable liar.
You're such a comfortable liar.
You're such a comfortable liar.
You're such a comfortable liar.
You're such a comfortable liar.

So come.....

'Cause I said wrong!
You comfortable liar.
You comfortable liar.
You comfortable liar.
You comfortable liar!
Liar!

03   Send the Pain Below (04:13)

I liked having hurt;
So send the pain below,
Where I need it.

You used to beg me to take care of things,
And smile at the thought of me failing.
But long before having hurt,
I'd send the pain below,
I'd send the pain below,
Much like suffocating!

Much like suffocating!
Much like suffocating! (I'd send the pain below.)
Much like suffocating! (I'd send the pain below.)

You used to run me away all while laughing,
Then cry about the fact
'Til I returned.
But long before having hurt,
I'd send the pain below,
I'd send the pain below,
Much like suffocating!

Much like suffocating!
Much like suffocating! (I'd send the pain below.)
Much like suffocating! (I'd send the pain below.)
Much like suffocating!

I can't feel my chest (chest, chest)
Need more,
Drop down
Closing in.
I can't feel my chest
Drop down

I liked having hurt,
So send the pain below,
So send the pain below,
Much like suffocating!
I liked (So send the pain below.) (Much like suffocating!)
Having hurt (Send the pain below.)
Much like suffocating! (So send the pain below.)
Much like suffocating! (So send the pain below.)

04   Closure (04:17)

Breathe, trust, bless me and release
Climb, hard or never be seen
Closed off rescue to breathe
Just bless me

Two-sided time
Your rebirth can't hurt
Branch out behind
The pain

Closure has come to me myself
You will never belong to me
Closure has come to me myself
You will never belong to me!

Had to turn and lay down
You're the sting of disease
Phase you out, should've seen this coming
Go on confusing this soul
Hold my breath 'til you rupture

Three days aside
Your rebirth can't hurt
Branch out behind
Pride

Closure has come to me myself
You will never belong to me
Closure has come to me myself
You will never belong to me!

Like a leech, I hold on as if we belonged
To some precious pure dream
Cast off you've seen what's beneath
Now fail me!

Forget closure!
Forget closure!
Forget closure!
Forget closure!

Closure has come to me myself
You will never belong to me! (No!)
Closure has come to me myself
You will never belong to me! (No!)
So breathe!

05   The Red (03:59)

They say freak
When you're singled out
The red
Well it filters through

So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight goes red again

Seeing red again
Seeing red again

This change he won't contain
Slip away to clear your mind
When asked what made it show?
The truth he gives in to most

So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight goes red again

So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight goes red again

So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight goes red again

Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red!

They say freak
When you're singled out
The red
It filters through

06   Wonder What's Next (04:11)

It sometimes feels like a burden,
I want to succeed,
Is this a good quality?

I wonder what's next.

Nothing.

More and more it's an animal,
Waiting to be seen,
Faced with someone's failures,
A sickening site indeed, indeed, indeed.

Indeed.

(Spoken)
In the beginning it seems that no one thinks beyond having fun,
Which is why you write music in the first place,
Always moving, refining, and pushing forward the art that one's creating,
Looking to the right time to share it,
And then the headaches of criticism,
Senior advisors unseen people from above,
Twisting, distorting that which we love,
And never ending problems with money,
Holding you back,
Preventing progress,
I thought you only started 'cause it was fun.

We play the blaming game,
Yes I mind,
It's not your turn.

We play the blaming game,
Yes I mind,
It's not your turn.

We play the blaming game,
Yes I mind,
It's not your turn!

We play the blaming game,
Yes I mind,
It's not your turn!!

I wonder,
I wonder, what's next.

Yes we play the blaming,
Yes I mind,
It's not your turn.

We play the blaming game,
Yes I mind,
It's not your turn!

We play the blaming game,
Yes I mind,
It's not your turn!

We play the blaming game!

We play the blaming game!!

07   Don't Fake This (03:39)

Ignoring.....a loss of sight
Afraid......to blink I might lose the sun
But don't....make this out......to be more
Than it isn`t......behind......every lie
There`s a burden......within
YES YOU`RE MY SIGHT!!

This suffering
That`s kept within
Disposable men
Lost

Inside......he was negative
This place....once more was underground

So look....and connect
We`re refusing to rust
Healing has to begin......in the past
SO DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T!!

This suffering
That`s kept within
Disposable men
Lost
DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T!!
FAKE!!
FAKE!!
FAKE!!

This suffering
That`s kept within.....disposable men
Lost
SO DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T FAKE THIS!!
DON`T!!
FAKE!!
FAKE!!
FAKE!!

08   Forfeit (03:59)

Will not be shaken and jump into this
And be persuasive
Just carry on
And make my mind up
To go through this
Or be firm
And sit in silence

'Cause I want to fight
I want to fight
I want to prove I'm right
I want to fight
I want to fight
So turn and forfeit

Forfeit
Forfeit
Forfeit
Forfeit

Learn from this
Prehistoric dance
And refrain from talking
Solves our problems
Medicated
Could do some good
Find a way to relate
Or just shut up

'Cause I want to fight,
I want to fight,
I want to prove I'm right,
I want to fight,
I want to fight,
So turn and forfeit.

Forfeit
Forfeit!
Forfeit!
Forfeit!
Forfeit!
FORFEIT!

I want to fight
I want to fight
I want to prove I'm�(right)
I want to fight
I want to fight
I want to prove I'm�(right)
I want to fight
I want to fight
So turn and forfeit.
I want to fight
I want to fight
So turn and forfeit

So step up
So step up
And forfeit
So step up

FORFEIT!
FORFEIT!
FORFEIT!
FORFEIT!
FORFEIT!

09   Grab Thy Hand (04:13)

Grab Thy hand and
WALK

Through,
Through,
Through,
Through.

Bring me Your time,
How I long for release,
Shown presently,
Reveals a man,
To repeat.

God,
How I long,
How I long,
To grab Thy hand and..
WALK!

May I,
Come in,
Grab hold,
Just this once,
May I,
Come in,
Just this once,
Just this once,
Just this once.

Grab Thy hand and�
WALK

Through,
Through,
Through,
Through.

WALK

May I,
Come in,
How long,
Just once,
Can't I,
Come in,
Grab thy hand and,
May I (through),
Come in,
How long,
Just once,
Can't I (through),
Come in,
Grab Thy hand and,
WALK (Through)
WALK (Through)
WALK (Through)
WALK (Through)

10   An Evening With El Diablo (05:59)

High (high),
Up on you,
You display (you display),
Good traits,
Though few,
We found,
Time alone will tell,
This disease (this disease),
Keeps holding me down.

Try to run (try to run),
When you sleep,
To imagine (to imagine),
Us away,
He said come (He said come),
Fly around my hell,
And know this (and know this),
You seem to be,

Too scared to run,
Too scared to run,
Too scared to run,
So scared to run,
So scared!

Wish I had your faults,
Nothing seems to phase you,
Lies, you're much more than just human.

I was high,
Above you,
Till the shadows,
Began to call,
Some say (some say),
We can never know,
Just how far down (just how far down),
This beast has come.

Too scared to run,
Too scared to run,
Too scared to run,
So scared to run,
So scared to run!

Wish I had your faults,
Nothing seems to phase you,
Lies, you're much more than just human.

Wish I had your faults,
Nothing seems to phase you,
Lies, you're much more than just human.

Wish I had your faults,
Wish I had your faults.

11   One Lonely Visitor (04:06)

Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?

Knew you were here
Sister confirms suspicions
And besides the note you left on my
Bed where I held you so close...
Did you think I'd forget?
Couldn't be more of a mess
For to breathe used to be another
Way I'd take you in.

Well it's time to wake up
And separate feelings
That I keep falling into
Each seems like good reasons
But I feel a breakdown
I don't care if it shows up
I'm praying this for you
'Til it's answered I'll say...

Now it seems there's a choice
That began with a break
So today know that never again
Will i know you that way...

Well it's time to wake up
And separate feelings
That I keep falling into
Each seems like good reasons
But I feel a breakdown
I don't care if it shows up
I'm praying this for you
'Til it's answered I'll say...

Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?
Am I alone in here?

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