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Tra le cose da fare più desuete al giorno d’oggi indossare una t-shirt dei Black Flag ascoltando “Seeing Red” in cuffia durante la fila dal barbiere si colloca alla posizione numero tre, preceduta solo dal baffetto terzo Reich-style e dal contattare l’assistenza tecnica SIP, seguono a ruota i poster di Sebastian Rambert incollati alle pareti della camera e le cover band degli Husker Dü. Meglio va alle creste arcobaleno ed al lancio olimpionico del Nokia 3310 dal balcone di casa.
Nonostante quell’euforico “one two three four” di Ramonesiana memoria sull’uscio di entrata del disco e l’artwork di copertina che richiama saggiamente i Minor Threat potrebbero ingannare qualcuno, la fonte in maniera lata, di ispirazione dei Face To Face, sono i Bad Religion.
Dopo essersi fatti conoscere a fine anni Ottanta/inizi Novanta suonando tra i locali del sud California, tra Inland Empire e Orange County, vengono notati da un tizio dell’etichetta Dr. Strange Records, che offre loro un contratto per la produzione del loro primo disco. La band accetta, registra il disco nell’autunno del 1991, ma la label ha difficoltà economiche per stamparlo. In questa fase di stallo la band incontra tale Jim Goodwin ingegnere del suono che si offre di registrare gratuitamente nuove tre canzoni, tra cui “Disconnected”, che poi confluiranno l’anno dopo anch’esse in “Don’t Turn Away”.
Il suono del disco è coevo a quello di band dell’epoca quali i Millencolin, senza le pause di riflessione ska-punk. E’ inutile star qui a sprecare inutili byte del deserver con un track by track di tutte e 13 le canzoni che compongono “Don’t Turn Away” ma per quelli di voi cresciuti e venuti su anche con l’hardcore melodico californiano pezzi come “I Want” e “I’m not Afraid” profumeranno di ricordi e giovinezza andata e riempiranno il cuore.
La genesi di “Disconnected”, pezzo-totem della band parte da lontano: uno degli ultimi pezzi registrati, viene successivamente editata in una versione alternativa per testare il capitale umano dei Face To Face e poi visto i favorevoli airplay radiofonici, la Victory nuova label della band, otterrà dalla band una re-incisione che verrà inclusa come bonus track del successivo album “Big Choice”. E pare che anche la terza etichetta abbia provato, stavolta senza successo, a chiedere una quarta versione. E’ il pezzo che chiude sempre le loro esibizioni, è stato così anche nella recente apparizione (seconda della loro storia) in Italia.
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03 Disconnected (00:00)
You don't know a thing about me
Is there something that you should know?
I can tell you what you want to hear
Let your inhibitions just go
No you don't know what you will give up
You don't know what you want
It may take you years to find out
You don't know what you need
It's something that may never come to you
Trust is something that comes easy
Whan you've never been a victim
Lies and promises and words are said
It's you're decision to accept them
06 You've Got A Problem (00:00)
so what's the problem this time?
I thought you'd learn by now that nothing ever works out right
you want to take away the edge
you tell me it's the only thing that helps you forget
you've made your promises
that's not enough this time
there's only so much you can squander from a feeble mind
you've got a problem with your life
you've got a problem with your mind
don't try to tell me that you think it's going to work out fine
so go ahead and try to hide
the world around you watches on as you destroy you life
do what your problem says
there's not a lot of time
there's only so much you can squander from a feeble mind
you've got a problem with your life
08 I'm Trying (00:00)
four year old at play
shot and killed today
never even had a chance
seventeen and high
threw away his life
has a gun to feel like he's a man
can't have it any other way
laying in the street
asking for a drink
doesn't have a place to live
pregnant at thirteen
still can hear the screams
something that she never will forget
can't have it any other way
I'm trying to open my mind
so you can keep your faith
and I'll just walk away
there's no reason for me to stay
I'm trying to open my mind
I'm trying to make up my mind
09 Pastel (00:00)
Another falls in place
You wonder in you're only human
It's blood, dust, and paste
We're held together by a single thread
Must be a reason for us to justify it
But no one will defy it
What is it with this place?
Or is it that I'm missing something?
You want to see my face
When I can't even see it for myself
Must be a reason for us to justify it
But no one will defy it
I don't want a game that I don't know how to play
Just go away
And I don't want to know how to play
Can't I make it just go away?
I don't want a game that I don't know how to play
Just go away
And I don't want to know how to play
Can't I make it just go away?
Don't you understand what these problems will demand?
Make it just go away
I dont' want a game that I don't know how to play
Just go away
Must be a reason for us to justify it
But no one will defy it
12 Do You Care? (00:00)
do you want to make a difference?
do you wonder what would happen if you don't?
do you need just a little push?
do you try to change?
do you THINK about the other guy?
do you want just one good reason why you should?
do you only think about yourself?
do you want to be left alone?
you're running out of time
and I don't see a change in you
and I don't think you're gonna make it
do you understand the way it works?
do you want to take as much as you can get?
do you need a little push?
do you try to change?
you're running out of time
and I don't see a change in you
and I don't think you're gonna make it
we're running out of time and there aren't many changes made
and I don't think were going to make it
we're running out of time and there aren't many changes made
and I don't think were going to make it
well, what do you think?
yeah, that's what I thought
13 1,000 X (00:00)
I've tried to ask the question
must be a million answers that just aren't there
you try to find yourself
I'll try to live my life
I just don't care
take a look at your life
tell me can you say you've done no wrong?
ask yourself the question
do you realize where you belong?
I've been down
I've been out
I've been there
I've been down this road a thousand times
nothing ever looks the same
it seems there's something more that I might never see
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