Se ognuno dovesse avere il nome che si merita allora quello scelto per l'ultimo album dei Valina sarebbe perfetto. Anche se A Tempo! A Tempo! suona più come una minaccia che un incitamento, nonostante tutto, sembra sortire gli effetti desiderati. Austriaci di Linz, i Valina,
partono dal cuore dell'Europa e vanno a schiantarsi fragorosamente
contro il “simulacro” della tradizione math-rock e post-hardcore
americana. Le undici tracce del lavoro, registrate da Sua Maestà Steve Albini all'Electrical Audio di Chicago,
risultano essere un perfetto mix tra matematica, aggressività,
emotività ed una certa sensibilità pop (nel senso più abrasivo e
punk-oriented del termine). I pezzi sono quasi tutti cantati ma c'è
molto spazio per le dinamiche strumentali, dove a farla da padrone c'è
un drumming preciso e talvolta debordante (basti ascoltare l'incipit di
Calendaria, primo brano in scaletta). A rivestire l'ossatura
ritmica con fraseggi tipicamente math-noise c'è la chitarra (oltre che
la voce) di Anatol Bogendorfer ed il basso di Husbert Huber. A
completare l'opera del power trio fanno capolino inserti di fiati che,
a modo loro, regalano sfumature diverse alle canzoni, quasi adagiandosi
sugli spigoli di suono come polvere, ma in effetti non suggerendo
chiavi di lettura molto originali e non aggiungendo poco o nulla a
quello già fatto da bands come Sweep the Leg Johnny
e soci. Tre o quattro pezzi sono indubbiamente molto belli, ma per il
resto trattasi di prodotto ad uso di orecchie avvezze ed amanti di
siffatte sonorità. Si dice molto bene di loro in chiave live. Li
attendiamo con curiosità, a breve, sugli italici palchi.
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If someone or something should have the name they deserve, well, the one chosen for latest Valina's release fits perfect. Although A Tempo! A Tempo! sounds as a threat more than a drive, - btw it seems to works fine for them. From Austria, Linz, - Valina come out from the heart of Europe and crash into a “simulacrum” of american math-rock and post-hardcore music. These eleven tracks, recorded by her-majesty Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago, are an excellent blend of mathematics, aggressiveness, emotionalism and a certain pop sensitivity (concept to be meant into an abrasive and punk-oriented frame). Nearly all of these tracks are with vocals, anyway there is room for instrumental dynamics too, where it's drums to mark the guide line, precise and sometimes overflowing (Calendaria's incipit, first song, speaks for all). It is Anatol Bogendorfer's guitar and Husbert Huber's bass to form the bone rhythmic, with typical math-noise phrasing. To complete the power trio's opus, there are features of winds, that somehow give something different to their songwriting, almost like dust falling on angles of sound, although with no new reading key, - nothing more than what other bands did in past, like Sweep the Leg Johnny and etc.. Three or four songs are doubtful amazing, - the latter is maybe strictly a treat for fans of genre. I heard several people saying great things of their live shows. We long to see them on stage, - they'll be on tour in next days downhere in italy.
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If someone or something should have the name they deserve, well, the one chosen for latest Valina's release fits perfect. Although A Tempo! A Tempo! sounds as a threat more than a drive, - btw it seems to works fine for them. From Austria, Linz, - Valina come out from the heart of Europe and crash into a “simulacrum” of american math-rock and post-hardcore music. These eleven tracks, recorded by her-majesty Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago, are an excellent blend of mathematics, aggressiveness, emotionalism and a certain pop sensitivity (concept to be meant into an abrasive and punk-oriented frame). Nearly all of these tracks are with vocals, anyway there is room for instrumental dynamics too, where it's drums to mark the guide line, precise and sometimes overflowing (Calendaria's incipit, first song, speaks for all). It is Anatol Bogendorfer's guitar and Husbert Huber's bass to form the bone rhythmic, with typical math-noise phrasing. To complete the power trio's opus, there are features of winds, that somehow give something different to their songwriting, almost like dust falling on angles of sound, although with no new reading key, - nothing more than what other bands did in past, like Sweep the Leg Johnny and etc.. Three or four songs are doubtful amazing, - the latter is maybe strictly a treat for fans of genre. I heard several people saying great things of their live shows. We long to see them on stage, - they'll be on tour in next days downhere in italy.
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