As if an electronic cutting had been implanted on a post-hardcore body, or as if Gogogoairheart or The Union of a Man and a Woman had been produced by Aoki. Complicated work combining elastic bass and vocal debauches in Upsong, making the insights that were Ratatat’s rough and real.
The record moves slyly along, with more uptempo instants that quote Daft Punk but cannot help but remind one of Dan Black’s voice as if it had been produced by a helium overdose after an alcoholic work party finished in the studio. This uninspired voice seems to be the stylistic hallmark of Frømm, but they are able to never bore by cutting everything superfluous from their tracks, pounding hard where it suits them and flying with mutlicoloured chemtrails when necessary, as in Plane.
They do not spare themselves, even bringing with them cumbersome figures such as a clash between Claudio Simonetti and Giorgio Moroder in an Inferno that sounds like it was sung by an old-time Edoardo Bennato, for a scenario that if told would not find bettors but which, believe me, is perfectly functional.
With the outro we are again in full darkness, for an album that is very fresh and well balanced between dancefloor and interior torment.
artwork Laura Lo Faro lauraelleeffe@gmail.com
mastering Giuseppe Schillaci Lacinskij@doremillaro.comwww.fromm.band
We used vocals, electric bass, shermann filterbank, many analog and digital synthesizers, field recordings, sample machine/ groove box, machinedrum and samples.
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+39 393 4262313
credits
released February 26, 2024
all songs written, composed & arranged by carmelo s. sciuto, fabio musmeci, gianlorenzo di mauro ©2024
produced by karmek@donc.it