Ascoltare oggi pomeriggio “Dont’ break me” a casa guardando fuori dalla finestra il tramonto è forse più rassicurante ma meno piacevole, perché fa meno male, la assapori, ma non rischia di distruggerti dentro come avrebbe fatto in altri tempi. Ed in fondo è meglio così, che i nuovi casini sono sempre sul menù del giorno.
Tutti a strapparsi i capelli per i PUP, eppure mi viene naturale pensare che le stesse cose, senza troppo clamore, le facevano già venti anni fa e pure meglio i Samiam.
Il gruppo californiano, pur nei notevoli cambiamenti di sound intervenuti in più di due decenni, è sempre stati un’entità con dei tratti somatici ben riconoscibili.
“Astray” secondo disco per Burning Heart può essere considerato il fratello maggiore di “You’re Freaking Me Out”. I toni aspri e duri di “Billy” sono ravvisabili nei saliscendi vocali di Jason che ogni tanto vengono fuori repentinamente, ma stavolta con una produzione che si è fatta negli anni via via più curata.
Pensate ad un Guy Picciotto che prende il timone di un gruppo pop-punk, sostituite Washington D.C. con Berkeley e con una discreta dose di approssimazione vi troverete di fronte i Samiam.
“Sunshine” va subito dritta nel raccoglitore dei best della band californiana. Ha un motivetto che rimane impresso facilmente in testa, un’aria spensierata, se non fosse per il testo.
La poliedricità della band si percepisce dalla successiva e cupa “Wisconsin” con le sue poderose accelerazioni a bruciapelo e da “Paraffin” che porta in scena un certo alternative rock emozionale di cui gli Husker Du sono stati alfieri due decenni prima. Tra i brani simili che Spotify propone, cade subito all’occhio, come prima traccia, “For Want Of” degli Rites Spring. Ed è un paragone nemmeno troppo casuale.
Sentire la voce di Jason prima sussurrata, poi salire di tono ed infine esplodere in preda ad una tempesta emotiva è come sempre un piacere provare per credere “How Long We”. E l’elenco dei best si spreca tra “Dull” o “Mud Hill”, con il repertorio che si mantiene sempre su alti livelli anche grazie all’ottimo Jason che dona forti emozioni a chi lo ascolta.
Chiare evidenze queste a darci la dimostrazione che non siamo solo di fronte ad un disco caciarone da mandare a tutto volume sullo stereo della macchina durante la stagione calda. Anzi ti viene più voglia di correre ed urlare al mondo piuttosto di un tuffo in acqua.
Se volete un buon ibrido tra sonorità più viscerali innaffiate sopra una base di dolce punk-di-spagna “Astray” è una meravigliosa raccolta di figurine.
Adesso tirate fuori il la vostra raccolta di foto su Google Drive, sfogliate i vostri ricordi giovanili con i Sam-i-Am in sottofondo e godete.
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01 Sunshine (00:00)
monday
sunshine
so high
it's hard to see
through the sunday clouds still lingering
how you wound up in the sea
spinning above
while burning inside
further you go and deeper you dive
don't mean to deceive
but it's they who believe
they fall in love with the girl they perceive not you
blind them with kindness
until they are reminding they're lonely and desperate
and you have a secret
it's something they all think they need
spinning above and burning inside
further you go and deeper you dive
don't mean to deceive
but it's they who believe
they fall in love with the girl they perceive not you
they see what they want in you they
get what they need from you
they take advantage of you
they would be nothing without you
02 Wisconsin (00:00)
on your landlocked island you磛e only got nice things to say everyone is so delighted in a world so white clean and safe sailing safely lightly drifting no resistance calmly as predicted what磗 the difference you磖e only dreaming master of your own dimension narrow as the minds you lay of all the mild and sifted good friends bought taylor made sailing safely lightly drifting no resistance calmly as predicted what磗 the difference you磖e only dreaming i creep up the stairs while you pretend to sleep you made promises you never meant to keep shallow as you are how do you succeed why are you afraid of what you磛e never seen of people you can磘 change behaving honestly i know what you are you磖e just a fallen star another fallen star
04 Mud Hill (00:00)
car windows icing over speaking steam with your breath through the floating strands of your hair am i just like the rest you say you don磘 want anyone or anything say this hurts you too i wouldn磘 bother but this means everything to me so spare me now rehearse the words you say repeat them again as you see my driveway while searching for something more beyond this lonely hill i pretend to hear you act as if i understand i try to convince you i don磘 hate you but it磗 hard to do you say you don磘 want anyone or anything say this hurts you too yeah you too i wouldn磘 bother but this means everything to me so spare me now rehearse the words you say repeat them again as you see my driveway while searching for something more beyond this lonely hill
07 Mexico (00:00)
you want to be someplace warm probably mexico even though it磗 really not that cold been planning a girl girl trip in a motor home to see how it feels to leave you wanted to see just how good it feels to leave never mind the mess you磛e left behind you wanted to see just how good it feels to leave and leave everything behind just a chance to breathe a little time of your own it don磘 really matter where you go i�?l buy you some magazines you can call me from a roadside phone let me know when your coming home you know where to find me whenever you decide you know that i�?l be here when you get home you wanted to see just how good it feels to leave never mind the mess you磛e left behind you wanted to see just how good it feels to leave
08 Dull (00:00)
Four hundred of my closest friends
Forgotten names that I pretend
To know, it hasn't even been that long
So how've you been, you look the same
Remember when the Doughboys played
At Gilman and they broke up on your lawn?
And I wish it could always be like
This is something I've been missing
It's not too late to change what you've become
The last time I saw everyone
We buried our friend and his gun
I think he'd be happy here right now
So don't be jaded
I don't wanna spend another long and lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think and I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
I forgot how good it feels
To be part of a spinning wheel
Supported and supporting, on and on
Forget the judgment and the games
Forget the shit-talk and the shame
You will only be young for so long
And I wish it could always be like
This is something I've been missing
It's not too late to change what you've become
The last time I saw everyone
We buried our friend and his gun
I think he'd be happy here right now
Don't be jaded
I don't wanna spend another long and lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think and I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
Because life can be so dull
Life can be so dull
Life can be so dull
Life can be so dull
I don't wanna spend another long and lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think and I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
Because life can be so dull
Life can be so dull
Oh, life can be so dull
Life can be so dull
10 Bird Bath (00:00)
an empty nest ist just a tangled mess since your bird has flown you filled her with emptiness light enough to float you taught her everything she knows think you磀 know by now it don磘 feel the same this time around take a walk down your old street and try not to forget you tied her down you left her alone she stuck it out too long with you out of sight she kept you in mind on her first flight think you磀 know by now it don磘 feel the same this time around take a walk down your old street and try not to forget how do you feel now you feel alone you don磘 feel so smug do you since your bird has flown think you磀 know by now everything磗 changed somehow take a walk down your old street think you磀 know by now
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