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Since their days as Double Virgo and associates of U.K. avant garde presence Dean Blunt, post-punk London trio bar italia have believed in anonymity as a founding principal. Their lyrics, for example, are a secret. This pretentious obscurity has given them the reflexive magnetism attached to anyone not promoting themselves in a world inundated by oversharing. With a firm grasp on how to make a spontaneous form of distorted guitar pop, their fervid air of mystery has made them darlings of the cultural underground. Yet now that their shoegaze, swirly folk/psychedelica is on a widely distributed label, they're in a quandary. How do Nina Cristante, Sam Fenton and Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, all of whom sing, often trading lead vocals several times within the same song, remain clandestine now that they've abandoned the lo-fi life for well-recorded albums and world tours? This threesome is now indulging in better arrangements, more coherent songs and infinitely more clarity and insight into their oh-so-deep vision. While it's dispelling the obscurity, the musical results are intriguing. "Real house wibes (desperate house vibes)" falls into a bittersweet minor key groove not unlike Nirvana minus the volume. Opening with menacing guitar chords and rhythmic kick drum thumps, the slow, atmospheric "Shoo" is guided by Cristante's voice over acoustic guitar strumming and electric guitar squalling. Cristante's vocals also lead "twist," which is a straight, nearly conventional guitar rock number. Slowly coming out of the shadows, bar italia may be heeding the prophetic words in album opener "my little tony": "Your pretentious ways/ Make me die a little/ Don't you see/ You've lost your touch." © Robert Baird/Qobuz
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Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Mattitude Music, MusicPublisher - Marta salogni, MixingEngineer - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Nina Cristante, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - bar italia, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist - Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Fenton, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
Album review
Since their days as Double Virgo and associates of U.K. avant garde presence Dean Blunt, post-punk London trio bar italia have believed in anonymity as a founding principal. Their lyrics, for example, are a secret. This pretentious obscurity has given them the reflexive magnetism attached to anyone not promoting themselves in a world inundated by oversharing. With a firm grasp on how to make a spontaneous form of distorted guitar pop, their fervid air of mystery has made them darlings of the cultural underground. Yet now that their shoegaze, swirly folk/psychedelica is on a widely distributed label, they're in a quandary. How do Nina Cristante, Sam Fenton and Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, all of whom sing, often trading lead vocals several times within the same song, remain clandestine now that they've abandoned the lo-fi life for well-recorded albums and world tours? This threesome is now indulging in better arrangements, more coherent songs and infinitely more clarity and insight into their oh-so-deep vision. While it's dispelling the obscurity, the musical results are intriguing. "Real house wibes (desperate house vibes)" falls into a bittersweet minor key groove not unlike Nirvana minus the volume. Opening with menacing guitar chords and rhythmic kick drum thumps, the slow, atmospheric "Shoo" is guided by Cristante's voice over acoustic guitar strumming and electric guitar squalling. Cristante's vocals also lead "twist," which is a straight, nearly conventional guitar rock number. Slowly coming out of the shadows, bar italia may be heeding the prophetic words in album opener "my little tony": "Your pretentious ways/ Make me die a little/ Don't you see/ You've lost your touch." © Robert Baird/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:16
- Main artists: bar italia
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Matador
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 bar italia under exclusive license to Matador Records
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