STATI D' ALIENAZIONE

This is one of those new and promising bands that appear from different parts of the world, letting us know that prog rock is more than alive. One more time, I discovered a band thanks to other people's reviews, this time was Finn's one that caught my attention a couple of months ago, so I decided to visit Side C's myspace and listen to their debut EP released in 2009.

Its name is "Stati D'Alienazione", features only four songs and a total time of 28 minutes. The first track is "Radio Alienazione/Imperfezione", which stars with an odd introduction, like if they had a radio and were turning the station every two seconds, seems that the music that sounds there has something to do with the band's influences, I don't know. Later just before the first minute ends, the vocals and the real song start. There is a symphonic sound here for sure, but with some other elements like a Spanish like guitar that make you think this is not a pure symphonic prog band, anyway they would fit in the RPI genre without a doubt. The vocals are from a female, so the sound may be gentler.

"L'Altro Lato" opens with nice acoustic guitar but a minute later it suddenly changes to a keyboard driven symphonic sound, it is too good, and later the song slows down, vocals enter with that soft guitar sound, there are also some backing vocals. But the good thing is when the song changes again and that keyboard appears, it makes a very nice sound. There is also a heavier part where the guitar sounds nice; and later there is even a kind of jazzy mood.

"Slowly Dies" is the longest composition and probably the best. The introduction is great with addictive keyboards and nice guitars. More than two great minutes of pure instrumental music with some nice changes that let us appreciate the band's talent, later the vocals appear but the sound is still great, this is the first song with English vocals, the previous ones were in Italian. After minute three there is like an interlude or a short stop, then drums and vocals appear together again.

"Nuova Speranza" is another great song. It starts with some raw bass notes while drums and keyboards are being played. Later vocals (even male as background) appear, at the same time a delicate piano sounds, but later a heavier side of the symphonic prog prevails. The gentle sound of the beginning returns at minute two. But later, an enjoyable instrumental passage takes over the song, there is also a jazzy feeling which later changes again. This is a very nice song actually.

Congrats to this young band, they have an excellent future, if the work hard they may create some masterpieces. Now, if you have the time go to Side C myspace and listen to this free EP, you will have a good time. My final grade is 3 stars.

Enjoy it!

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