• Voto:
Essendo tutti noi abituati ad associare il punkrock con le solite band da Mtv come Blink, Offspring, Sum 41 ecc. appena ci si trova di fronte ad un LP di questo tipo, esclamiamo: "Sarà il solito pop-rock da 4 soldi".
Ebbene miei cari Debaseriani, gli Sugarcult sono una delle poche (rarissime) band, che sono riuscite a sopravvivere all'uragano "Merchandising", nonostante a primo impatto, sembra ne facciano parte. Dopo "Palm Trees And Power Lines" del 2004 che li ha lanciati definitavemente, gli Sugarcult tornano con "Lights Out", decisamente più maturo. Il Cd uscirà il 12 Settembre, ma io ce l'ho già! Inutile sottolineare che se ascoltate hard rock, heavy metal e tutto ciò che di duro c'è nel mondo rock, questo Cd vi farà stare male psico-fisicamente, però, a mio avviso, non sarà apprezzato nemmeno da chi è "rimasto incantato" dall'hard-pop stile Finley.
"LIGHTS OUT": Si apre con l'ononima Intro, poteva essere evitata. "Dead Living" è uno tra i più bei pezzi dell'album, ritornello molto orecchiabile e voce molto calda. I Blink e compagnia varia sembrano essere molto, molto lontani. La maturità degli Sugarcult si fa sentire subito, e questa canzone lo dimostra in modo eclatante. Suono ancora più ruvido, ma non per questo più scadente in "Los Angeles", c'è chi ha sentito influenze alla "Good Charlotte" in questo pezzo, sinceramente non so quale tipo di sostanza abbiano ingerito certi ignoranti. Anche qui, stessa formula, voce ruvida, ma ritornello d'impatto e omaggio alla tanta amata Los Angeles, città vicina a Santa Barbara, dove la band capitanata da Tim Pagnotta(si, si chiama cosi), si è formata nel 1998. Dopo questi due gran bei pezzi, non vi aspettate un album che prosegue a questi livelli.
"Do It Alone" è un pezzo molto semplice, fin troppo, un pezzo composto si e no da 3-4 accordi e due semplici girate di basso. Nonostante ciò si fa ascoltare. "I don't wanna do it alone", questo è il rit. cantato dal Pagnotta, significa "non voglio farlo da solo" chissà che cosa vuole far intendere! L'album cade di stile con "Explode" ed "Out Of Phase", il motivo è semplice: la prima se la potevano risparmiare, è un tentativo fallito di fare i duri, per carità non saranno i Finley ma non sono neanche i Black Sabbath! "Out Of Phase" è praticamente uguale a "Morning Glory" degli Oasis, un plagio da urlo! Si risale di livello con "Made A Mistake", di altissimo livello, un pezzo grintoso ma mai sopra le righe, bravo Airin Older al basso e buona prestazione del Pagnotta come Vocals. Per il resto melodia orecchiabile ma semplicissima, questa è la particolarità che caratterizza la band californiana. Ottimo pezzo.
L'album prosegue a livelli discreti, "Riot" e "Majoring In Minors" sono un pò troppo leggere ma pur sempre più che sufficienti. Forse è proprio nella parte finale che l'album "toppa" un pò. "Hiatus" rappresenta una chiusura che sa molto di "BASTA, NON ANDIAMO OLTRE SE NO CADIAMO NEL MONDO DEI FINLEY, DEI BLINK E DI TUTTI I FIGHETTI DI MTV!"; l'unico pezzo degno di nota in un finale un pò deludente.
COMMENTO: Non aspettatevi una maturità musicale di altissimo livello, ne schitarrate alla Tom Morello; si tratta sempre di 4 semplici ragazzi della California ci hanno saputo fare. Non credo che si tratti di un Cd da comprare, però è da avere, magari come l'ho trovato io, grazie ad Emule! Scherzi a parte, gli Sugarcult vogliono dimostrare che c'è qualcosa di buono nello squallido mondo pop-rock. Menomale che c'è qualcuno che non si vende.
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01 Lights Out (00:37)
(This is a wake up)
Lights out
Back to the disaster
Lights out
Back to the disaster
(This is a wake up)
Lights out
Back to the disaster
Lights out
Back to the disaster
Lights out
Back to the disaster
Lights out
02 Dead Living (03:38)
I can't take it
It's just a paycheck
Making arrangements to burn it to the ground
I can't fake it
When nothing's sacred
Making arrangements to burn it to the ground
And beauty lies in the ignorant
With the sound of selling out to the innocent
I can't save us from the outside
I can't take it, what I'm told
You can't stop it
It just started
Dead living on the radio
I can't save us from the outside
I can't take it
I won't cooperate
Making arrangements to bury it in the ground
I can't fake it
This station
Is going under, so I'll bury this in the ground
And beauty lies in the ignorant
With the sound of selling out to the innocent
I can't save us from the outside
I can't take it, what I'm told
You can't stop it
It just started
Dead living on the radio
I can't save us from the outside
I can't take it
It's just a paycheck
Making arrangements
I can't take it
It's just a paycheck
Making arrangements
I can't take one more day all for I am done
I can't bend, this must end, counting back from 3, 2, 1
I can't save us from the outside
I can't take it, what I'm told
You can't stop it
It just started
Dead living on the radio
I can't save us from the outside
I can't save us
You can't take us
No one gets out alive
I can't save us
You can't take us
No one gets out
03 Los Angeles (03:57)
I want a girl, girl that won't talk back
And a job, job that gives me slack
And a car, car that won't break down
In the heat of Los Angeles
I want to go, go without a map
Far away, away, I won't get trapped
By the sound, a town, the sun beats down
In the heat of Los Angeles
One more holiday
I will not celebrate
I'm almost desperate
Cause I'm down, I'm down, I'm so beat down
This city's killing me
I want, I want, I want everything
This city's killing me
In the heat of Los Angeles
I want a love, love that won't hit back
Want sex, sex without a catch
Want a face, to trust, to feel, to lust
In the heat of Los Angeles
Want to fuck, fuck, fuck this up
Gonna feel, feel, feel you up
Had enough, enough, enough, enough
In the heat of Los Angeles
This city's killing me
I want, I want, I want everything
This city's killing me
In the heat of Los Angeles
What has become of me?
I want, I want, I want everything
This city's killing me
(I want everything)
Come on, come on
It's alive and breathing
Come on, come on
Come alive today
Come on, come on
It's a heartless beating
The sun is burning down Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
I want a girl, girl that won't talk back
And a job, job that gives me slack
And a car, car that won't break down
In the heat of Los Angeles
Come on, come on
It's alive and breathing
Come on, come on
Come alive today
Come on, come on
It's a heartless beating
The sun is burning down
(This city's killing me)
Come on, come on
It's alive and breathing
Come on, come on
Come alive today
(This city's killing me)
Come on, come on
It's a heartless beating
The sun is burning down Los Angeles (one more holiday)
The sun is burning down Los Angeles (I will not celebrate)
The sun is burning down Los Angeles (one more holiday)
The sun is burning down Los Angeles (I will not celebrate)
04 Do It Alone (03:07)
Hello
Can I say that there's something wrong with this place?
I got time just to waste if you would be my new escape
So then I say "can't find a lover"
Well there's no other way of pulling me under
Cause it's gotta be fate if we're under the covers
It's all gonna be a-ok, a-ok
I don't want to do it alone
I'm beggin' you
I don't want to do it, do it, do this all alone
We can dance in your bedroom with no romance
I got time just to waste if you would be my new escape
So then you say "there won't be another"
But you give it away cause you want to discover
That it's gotta be fate if we're under the covers
It's all gonna be a-ok, a-ok
I don't want to do it alone
I'm beggin' you
I don't want to do it alone
Tell you what
I don't want to do it alone
I'm beggin' you
I don't want to do it, do it, do this all
1, 2, 3, 4
4, 3, 2, 1
I don't want to do it alone
I'm beggin' you
I don't want to do it alone
I'm beggin' you
I'm beggin' you
I'm beggin' you
I'm beggin' you
I don't want to do it alone
I'm beggin you
I don't want to do it alone
Tell you what
I don't want to do it alone
I'm beggin you
I don't want to do it, do it, do this all alone
Can I say that there's something wrong with this place?
I got time just to waste if you would be my new escape
So then I say "can't find a lover"
Well there's another way of pulling me under
Cause it's gotta be fate if we're under the covers
It's all gonna be a-ok
It's all gonna be a-ok, a-ok
I don't want to do it alone
05 Explode (01:52)
Somebody save me
I need a Jesus
Somebody save me
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
It's gonna explode
It's gonna explode
It's gonna explode
Every time I turn it up I think I'm gonna pop
Somebody save me
I'm lying in pieces
Somebody take me
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello
The radio is here to stay
Turn it off and walk away
The radio is here to stay
Turn it off
Turn it off
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3
The radio is here to stay
Turn it off and walk away
The radio is here to stay
Turn it off
Turn it off
Turn it off
Turn it off
07 Made a Mistake (04:14)
I, I can't get enough
This means way too much
I will never
I can never
I won't ever
Stop
Pushing me around
Open up the ground
Will you ever
Can you ever
See you've...
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
Didn't choose to have left me dead
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
You should've left me dead
Crushed
Painful as it sounds
Motors tightly wound
Pull the covers
Pull my covers
To uncover
Lust
Deadly when she frowns
Silent in the crowd
Will she ever
Can she ever
See you've...
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
Didn't choose to have left me dead
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
You should've left me dead
I can hardly stand that you aren't mine
I can hardly stand that you aren't mine
I can hardly stand this
Try to understand it
Gave you all I had when you were mine
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
Didn't you left me dead
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
You should've left me, should've left me dead
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
Didn't choose to have left me dead
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
You should've left me dead
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
Didn't choose to have left me dead
Made a mistake
Made a mistake
You should've left me, should've left me dead
(I could never, trust another)
You should've left me dead
(I could never, trust another)
You should've left me dead
(I could never, trust another)
You should've left me dead
(I could never...)
You should've left me, should've left me dead
08 Riot (03:28)
What you wanted couldn't hold us down
What we needed turned it's back so
Outloud, we're telling your secrets
Outloud, to the lovers and fees
Outloud, cause you never experienced
This is the side of us nobody see's
We're making something beautiful
Starting a riot
We've got this under our control
Starting a fight
What you wanted couldn't hold us now
What we needed all came crashing down
Down, with the lies and cover ups
Down down, to the lovers and fees
Down now, cause you never experienced
This is the side that I'll never believe in
We're making something beautiful
Starting a riot
We've got this under our control
Starting a fight
We're making something
We're taking nothing
We're starting something beautiful
Start a riot
What you wanted
We're making something beautiful
Starting a riot
We've got this under our control
Starting a fight
We're making something
We're taking nothing
We're starting something beautiful
Start a riot (hey hey)
Riot (hey hey)
Riot (hey hey)
10 Shaking (03:52)
I'm searching for a change of pace
Trying to pull away all these names
Tell you how it all works out
I'm terrible on the phone
It's better when it's us all alone
Tell you how it all works out
You're not the only one
And I'm not your only fun
I like the sound you make when we're shaking
You like to lose control and I take it
I turn the music up so it drowns us out, oh
I'm scattered when the morning comes
Shattered over what I've just down
Tell me if it all works out
You're not the only one
And I'm not your only fun
Oh, I like the sound you make when we're shaking
You like to lose control and I take it
I turn the music up so it drowns us out
Oh, I like the way you breathe when we're moving
Forward and back and forth with no feeling
I turn the music up so it drowns us out
Oh, oh, oh
I'm searching for a change of pace
Searching for a change
I like the sound you make when we're shaking
You like to lose control and I take it
I turn the music up so it drowns us out
Oh, I like the way you breathe when we're moving
Forward and back and forth with no feeling
I turn the music up so it drowns us out
Oh, oh, oh
I like the sound you make
You like to give and take
I like the sound you make
You got to give, you got to give
Push it away
11 The Investigation (03:49)
Watching it burn to your fingertips
Everything stings a bit
Dangerous silence surrounds you
All of the ashtrays and magazines
Recurrent love themes
Captured by time zones that hurt you
This could be perfect
It could be worth it
This could be perfect
If I wasn't worthless
Breathing in slowly
Hearts beating lonely
Damaged by habits that haunt you
All of the goodbyes
All of the goodnights
All of the nice try's
Left you in the cold
This could be perfect
It could be worth it
This could be perfect
If I wasn't worthless
This could be perfect
This could be worth it
If I could be a part of your world
Leave this all behind
I would investigate a perfect life with you
If I could say it in another way
These words could make this right
I would investigate a perfect love with you
This could be perfect
This could be perfect
This could be perfect (this could be perfect)
This could be perfect (this could be perfect)
Watching it burn to your fingertips
12 Hiatus (04:03)
The distance between the sheets
When chemicals compete
The friction of skin is deathly unbearable, yeah
The basics of war are near
The coward's in you and me
There's no turning back
We walked into this
Don't confuse it
Love
Wasted on the young
Detonate it run
Never wanted all the hard, the breaks at all
Bodies with no remorse
Clothing lines the floors
The red on the skin is fading slowly
Dancing lonely
Love
Wasted on the young
Detonate it run
Never wanted all the hard, the breaks at all
Taken by it fast
Sacred in the moment
I can feel your breath
You couldn't save me
Taken by it fast
Sacred in the moment
I predict the worst
You're going to hate me
(Wasted on the young)
I could leave all of this behind
I should leave all of this behind
Love
Wasted on the young
Detonate it run
Never wanted all the hard, the breaks at all
Taken by it fast
Sacred in the moment
I can feel your breath
You couldn't save me
Taken by it fast
Sacred in the moment
I predict the worst
You're going to hate me
(Wasted on the young)
You couldn't save me
(Wasted on the young)
I can't live this way forever
I cannot live this way forever
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