The Distillers: un bicchiere di latte inacidito.
Prendi 4 "musicisti" di cui 3 sono inutili e anonimi gregari di cui nessuno ricorderà mai le facce, omini perfetti per la finto punk band tipo di metropoli, magari Los Angeles perchè no!
Prendi una cantante frigida artisticamente che faccia entrare il 99% della popolazione maschile in "Me la farei malamente Mode" e che contemporaneamente sia il punto di arrivo per aspetto per ogni ragazzina 15enne pazzerellona. Prendi accordi strasputtanati da 25 anni a questa parte, suvvià, un po' di riffettini di qua un po' di riffettini di là e... "la musica la abbiamo, vendiamo milioni di dischi ai bimbi brufolosi che di Punk non sanno un cazzo hihihihihiohoohohehehheheahahhaah".

Non c'è nulla da ridere con i The Distillers. Ma continuiamo.
Prendi un bel contratto con una major che ti imponga come e quando devi sfornare le tue 12 tracce, scegli chi ti possa dare più soldi possibili e che ti castri di ogni particolarità artistica e musicale. Prendi chi sappia rendere il tuo prodotto mercantile piu digeribile per i Kidz annoiati e le finte femministe neonate che spuntano come funghi. Prendi ogni POSA del mondo antico del rock: tatuaggi, voce rauca, smorfie da spastica, sputi e inseriscili in una ragazza con l'immagine da dannata ma che rimane contemporaneamente eccitante per i bavosi. Colpo al cerchio colpo alla botte. Trasgressione e bellezza, uno share sempre più alto: showbusiness da 10 e lode. Procediamo. Prendi i veri gruppi di riot grrrl: L7, Bikini Kill, Lunachicks, Babes In Toyland, 7 Year Bitch e scopiazza le loro formule fino ad annacquare la ferocia, la dinamicità e la sincerità. Prendi, cara Brody, la foto di Courtney Love e mettiti a scimmiottare le sue pose da rockstar punk fallita che non è altra. Prendi ogni vantaggio possibile dall'essere stata la stronzetta di turno di ogni rocker celebre del pianeta (Rancid... QoTSA). Prendi ogni gesto, ogni nota, ogni stereotipo del rock dagli anni 70 fino ad adesso e passa il tempo a convincere i minorenni sulla unicità e virulenza della tua opera.

In definitiva: questi Distillers sono l'ennesima truffa che le major ed Mtv ci propinano. È più riot mia nonna quando fa il sugo. Lanciare sul mercato nel 2004 pezzi che sarebbero puzzati di vecchio già 15 anni fa, posare a Joan Jett essendo un anacronismo vivente, fare i due accordini e la voce rauca possente da femminista emancipata: che gruppo penoso e falsone.

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01   Drain the Blood (03:08)

I'm living on shattered faith
The kind that likes to restrict your breath
Never been a better time than this
Suffocate on eternal bliss

In a city
That swells with so much hate
You seem to rise above
And take its place
The heart pumps until it dies
Drain the blood, the heart is wise

All my friends are murder
All my bones no marrows in
All these fiends want teenage meat
All my friends are murderers

Away

I never met a pearl quite like you
Who could shimmer and rot at the same time through
There's never been a better time than this
Bite the hand of the frost bitten emenence

All my friends are murder
Hey, all my bones no marrows in
All these fiends want teenage meat
All my friends are murderers

Away, away, away

Woah, woah, woah, woah

I'm alive in uterine
A star in the dark, a new day has dawned
Open up and let it flow
I'll make it yours so here we go

All my friends are murder
Hey, all my bones no marrows in
All these fiends want teenage meat
All my friends are murderers

Away hes gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away
He's gone away, away

02   Dismantle Me (02:26)

I fancy you
But I've been destitute
And all I know dissolved
I could never re-undo you
I will always say it's so
I will always speak the truth
Descend into a noose
I Could never re-undo you

I want to bury you
I want to bury you

Vultures circle around
Feathers float, wings flap, beats pound
And though my hearts exposed
I could never re-undo you
I will always bleed the truth
I will always speak
And know I was sent to cut you lose
I will never re-undo you

I want to bury you
I want to bury you
I want to bury you
I want to bury you

Dismantle Me
Yeah Dismantle Me
Yeah Dismantle Me

It’s warm and humid on Swanson Street
And the air is filled with electricity
And the sky is deeper than a dream
And the sky is deeper than aaaahhhh!

Dismantle Me
Yeah Dismantle Me
Yeah Dismantle Me
And the sky is deeper than a dream
And the sky is deeper than a dream

03   Die on a Rope (02:39)

Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die on a rope?
Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die?

I wish that you didn't love me no more, I've been dead for years,
I wish that you didn't own me no more, I've been here before.

Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die on a rope?
Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die? No, I won't!
Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die on a rope?
Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die?

I want to draw the blood from your neck, spill the lies in your bed.
I will give you a holy white rose, cut the tongue from your head.

Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die on a rope?
Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die? No, I won't!
Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die on a rope?
Tell me something, tell me stupid, will I die, will I die?

I belong to a line of red scent, teach the heart to reflect.
The wound is wise for primal black eyes, there's a scarlet letter in my chest.

04   The Gallow Is God (04:35)

Oh how my heart it sings suicide,
Oh how my gallow sinks of black dye.
Oh how my death march brings a tear to your eye,
Oh how the noose it swings when you die.
What a surprise, what is the price, what is the price, what is the price?
What a surprise, what is the price, what is the price, what is the price?
Oh how my heart it splits when you dumb my eyes,
Oh how my gallow sinks of red dye.
Oh how the noose it smiles when you lie,
Oh how my womb it licks when you dig deep inside.
What a surprise, what is the price, what is the price, what is the price?
What a surprise, what is the price, what is the price, what is the price?
Do you do it,oh yeah do you feel it,oh yeah do you sell it,oh yeah,do you need it,oh yeah
In the sun the willows give you shade
how they hang like a guillotine blade in the sun.
In the sun the willows give you shade
how they hang like a guillotine blade in the sun,
like a blade.
In the sun, like a blade.
What a surprise, what is the price, what is the price, what is the price?
What a surprise, what is the price, what is the price, what is the price?

05   Coral Fang (02:09)

It's come take from the ripe
It feels so still I could just die just die
It's come to reach up inside
Oh how the blood stains well on white

Ooh the coral fang sinking in to make you well
Ooh the coral fang sinking in to make you ill

It's come to rape what you hide
It fills the years with reprise, disgust, disguise

i'll burn my own funeral pyre
And from your mouth I will rise out rise out

Ooh the coral fang sinking in to make you well
Ooh the coral fang sinking in to make you ill

When the fang sinks down in
Makes your eyes white and roll right into him
When the coral shaves the skin
Disease is cheap scars are polished clean

Ooh the coral fang sinking in to make you well
Ooh the coral fang sinking to take at will

06   The Hunger (05:27)

Holy eyes, I never knew I'd beg down at your feet
Hold on tight, I never knew I'd know much more than this
Open sky, the wave of pain, the scent of you is bliss
Hungry eyes, they stare at me.. I know, I know..
Don't go...
Summertime, the taste of saint secretes and perfume mist
console the mind, I take it in with lips of pink I kiss
Lonely sky, the more you take the more that I give in
Holy eyes, I never knew, I know, I know..
Don't go...
Hold onto the memory, it's all you've got
I know you'll be there to soak up blood lost, blood lost, blood loss.
Don't go...
Hold onto the memory, it's all you've got
I know you'll be there to soak up blood lost
Hold onto the memory, it's all you've got
I know you'll be there to soak up blood lost, blood lost, blood loss.
Yeah...yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah...yeah...yeah, yeah, uhhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh ,uhh, uhh, yeah, uhh, ohh, ohhhhh, yeah

07   Hall of Mirrors (03:49)

I come down like a hurricane sucked up inside
Now I spit out the suffer, yeah
You say you want a revelation,
Revel in this my lover
You’re free at liberty is this what you want
Sometimes I wonder…

[Chorus 1]
There’s a highway to, to the edge yeah
Once a night you will drive yourself there
At the end of the road you will find the answer
At the end of the road you will drink abyss

I come down like a bloody rain cuts up flesh sky,
Pulse beating under, yeah
Meat petals bloom in a bone garden
Ain’t no god, no ghost gonna save you now

I sell souls at the side of the road
Would you like to take a number?

[Chorus 2]
There’s a highway to, to the edge, yeah
Once a night you will drive yourself there
At the end of the road you will find the answer
At the end of the road you will drink the fear

Take your time, come on, get what you come for don't
Waste my time, come on, get what you come for don't
Waste my time, come on, get what you come for don't
Waste my time, come on, get what you come for

[Chorus 3]
There’s a highway to, to the edge, yeah
Once a night you will drive yourself there
At the end of the road you will find the answer
At the end of the road you will drink abyss

I watched you burn in the eye of my sun, in the eye of my sun yeah yeah
I fucked you in, in the eye of my sun, in the eye of my sun yeah yeah
[x2]

08   Beat Your Heart Out (02:48)

Baby you make my heart beat faster
Baby you make my heart beat faster
I know...
let alone to rest alone
Yeah..You’re making me
I had to run the damage is done
give it up yeah , give it up yeah
Theres nothing left take the rest
You’re draining me

I set it light it burns so bright
Stab it out yeah
Stab it out yeah

You make my heart beat faster
Baby you make my heart beat faster

I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I had to run the damage is done
give it up yeah, give it up yeah
I had to go
It got out of control
Yeah You’re breaking me
There’s nothing left so take the rest
Stab it out yeah
Stab it out yeah
I set it light
It burns so bright
Yeah..You’re draining me

You make my heart beat faster
Baby you make my heart beat faster

I know, yeah I know, that it’s true
Let alone to rest alone (ohhhhhhhhh)
Let alone to rest alone (ohhhhhhhhh)
Let alone to rest alone (ohhhhhhhhh)
ohhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhhh

Baby you make my heart beat faster
Baby you make my heart beat faster
Baby you make my heart beat faster

There’s nothing left so take the rest
There’s nothing left so take the rest
There’s nothing left so take the rest
There’s nothing left so take the rest


Baby you make my heart beat faster
Baby you make my heart beat faster
Baby you make my heart beat faster


Let alone

09   Love Is Paranoid (02:07)

I step right off the edge
Let the blood rush to my head
I’m going down to where the lucky ones have bled
I lift the veil up to reveal A fascination
And if you crave it
Then you know that you are injured

And I’m holding on
And I’m holding on

For what you do to me
oh Baby there’s no measure
I've taken everything and
Now I want to give it
I left the lights on so you stumble in devotion
So easy
So easy
Its left unspoken

And I’m holding on
And I’m holding on
And I’m holding on
And I’m holding on

I’ve come to realize that you're the only thing I...
I’m falling all the way
I’m falling all the way
I’ve come to realize you're the only thing I want now
I’m fallen all the way in
I’m fallen all the way in
I’m fallen all the way in
I’m fallen
I’m fallen all the way in
I’m fallen all the way in
I’ve fallen all the way in
I’ve fallen all the way in
I’ve fallen all the way in
I’ve fallen all the way in

10   For Tonight You're Only Here to Know (03:18)

I really want you to sigh,
never in tune just sigh,
I really want you to sigh,
never in tune just sigh.
just tonight I would, I would lay here for you
just tonight I would, I would sink here for you
just tonight I would, I would slum here for you
just tonight I would, I would die.
I really want you to sigh,
never in tune just sigh,
I really want you to sigh,
never in tune just sigh.
where am, am I, in the hallway small,
theres a red light, and a black sore.
away I say, away I say, away I say, away.
you'll follow me till the end, till the end,
you'll swallow me till there is nothing left
you'll follow me till the end, till the end,
you'll swallow me till there's nothing left.
I really want you to sigh,
never in tune just sigh,
I really want you to sigh,
never in tune just sigh

11   Death Sex (12:16)

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Altre recensioni

Di  kosmogabri

 Brody Dalle ha un talento immenso! Questa cantante australiana dai polmoni d’acciaio è l’unica compositrice della band.

 Dopo venticinque anni vissuti intensamente ha preso in mano le redini del suo destino rompendo con il passato.


Di  ashanti

 La differenza è questa: i Distillers rappresentano una qualche forma di ribellione, le Hole forse una rivoluzione.

 Tipico punk talvolta con qualche concessione al versante più commerciale di questo stesso genere, comunque bellissima.