ANDIAMO IN GIRO DI NOTTE E CI CONSUMIAMO NEL FUOCO

Ciao tutti, the Sicilian boys are back in town and once again they make you an offer you can't refuse ! D'Alessandro, the Di Giovanni brothers and their mates are back to the roots, and this time it really sounds as if Palermo has been removed to Kent. As usual, the band chose an extended album title à la Caravan (this time an Italian translation of a famous medieval Latin palindrome verse 'In girum imus nocte ecce et consumimur igni'). Quirky pop songs that the late Pip Pyle wouldn't have denied, adorned with brilliant instrumental parts, odd meters, jazzy solos, and witty lyrics. In fact, from the very first notes of "Lucciole per Lanterne" to the last ones of "Non Dire No", you constantly feel as if the only thing required to make this a Hatfield album would be English lyrics instead of Italian ones. Superb musicianship all the way through too!

This is the second Canterbury pearl released this year, after the Zopp one, and for me the top album of 2020 so far. Bel gioco ragazzi!