STATI D' ALIENAZIONE

SIDE C are a young Italian band who offer up a variety of styles in a very progressive manor. The female vocals are often passionate and aggressive while the music itself shifts gears often. This is their debut EP of four songs at over 28 minutes.

"Radio Alienaione / Impertezione" opens with someone changing channels on a radio before the music kicks in before a minute. Vocals too. Some nice organ here before piano then heaviness takes over. Back to that earlier organ led sound after 3 1/2 minutes. Those passionate vocals with that heavier sound comes in late. "L'altro Lato" opens with acoustic guitar as light drums and organ join in. Synths and a fuller sound follows. It settles a minute in with vocals. Some backing vocals on this song too. It's heavier before 3 minutes. It turns jazzy before 4 minutes. Synths are back with vocals 4 1/2 minutes in. It's heavy then jazzy to end it.

"Slowly Dies" opens with keyboards before a full sound kicks in quickly. Nice guitar. Vocals after 2 minutes and the organ sounds good. It settles before 3 1/2 minutes as vocal melodies and acoustic guitar follow. It gets heavier again and we get some excellent guitar before 5 minutes. Passionate vocals before 7 minutes. "Nuova Speranza" opens with some deep bass lines as drums then keyboards join in. Piano is followed by female vocals and some male vocals too. It settles 2 minutes in with piano and vocals. It's kind of jazzy after 3 minutes. Vocals are back before 5 minutes and some nice laid back guitar follows. It's building before settling again 7 minutes in. This is an uplifting ending.

A promising start for this band and they're well worth checking out on MySpace.